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Spies of Mississippi: Many Shades of Opinion
This excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Spies of Mississippi looks at the people involved in the movement who ended up on the “other side,” who ended up working against the movement. They were either those who did not think it could possibly win, while some just could not believe the government would be involved in anything illegal.
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