WASHINGTON --They called it "Freedom Summer," 1964 -- a drive to register blacks long denied the right to vote. At a rally, Andrew Goodman heard what would become his fate: "They should expect to ...

Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, has died alongside his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog at home, the sheriff's office in Santa Fe, ...

Records documenting the Mississippi murders of three civil rights activists who traveled to the Deep South during the volatile summer of 1964 to help register voters have been released for public ...

CNN aired a special report Sunday night called "Is Mississippi Still Burning?"That question is in reference to the alleged hit-and-run death of James Craig Anderson in June. Prosecutors said ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92, the state's ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Fannie Lee Chaney, the mother of one of three civil-rights workers killed in the “Mississippi Burning” case in 1964, has died, her son said Wednesday. She had lived to see a reputed ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the “Mississippi Burning” slayings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92, ...

Gailard Sartain, the actor best known for his long-running role on “Hee Haw” and memorable appearances in films such as “Mississippi Burning” and “The Buddy Holly Story,” has died at age 81, it was ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age ...

Gene Hackman starred in "Mississippi Burning," a film based on the 1964 murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi. The film was shot in various Mississippi locations, including Jackson, Canton, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age ...