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Anthony HarrisSelf - Mississippi ResidentRobert MosesSelfBruce WatsonSelf - Author of 'Freedom Summer'Karin Kunstler GoldmanSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerDudley ConnorSelf - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)Dorothy ZellnerSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Julian BondSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteePeggy Jean ConnorSelf - Mississippi ResidentGwendolyn Zoharah SimmonsSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerPatti MillerSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerTracy SugarmanSelfLarry RubinSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeRita Schwerner BenderSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeHollis WatkinsSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeWally ButterworthSelf - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)William WinterSelf - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968William J. SimmonsSelf - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)William ScarboroughSelf - Mississippi Citizens' CouncilJohn DittmerSelf - HistorianCharlie CobbSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Eleanor Holmes NortonSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeIvanhoe DonaldsonSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeBob MosesSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeCharles McLaurinSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeJames FormanSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeEdwin KingSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeFannie Lou HamerSelf (archive footage)Amzie MooreSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dick GregorySelf - Comedian (archive footage)Bob ClarkSelf - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)Allen C. ThompsonSelf - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)Linda Wetmore HalpernSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerSusan BrownmillerSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerChris WilliamsSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerTheron C. LyndSelf - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, MississippiDave DennisSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeDaisy HarrisSelf - Mississippi ResidentRoscoe JonesSelf - Mississippi ResidentWalt KaufmanSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)Chris HexterSelf - Freedom Summer VolunteerRoss BarnettSelf - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)Barbara Jan NaveSelf - Miss Mississippi 1963Malva HeffnerSelf (archive footage)Albert HeffnerSelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
J. Edgar HooverSelf (voice) (archive footage)
Pete SeegerSelfBen ChaneySelf (archive footage)Victoria Gray-AdamsSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)Aaron HenrySelf - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic PartyJoe RauhSelf (archive footage)Sherwin MarkmanSelf - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68Taylor BranchSelf - HistorianEdith GreenSelf - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)