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- LETTERS, Page 10 Mississippi Burning
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- To suggest, as Jack E. White does in his criticism of
- Mississippi Burning (SHOW BUSINESS, Jan. 9), that every FBI
- agent during the 1960s was totally blind to racism in the South
- (and in fact engaged in it) is ludicrous. To imply further that
- no white FBI investigator who valued his job would attempt to
- solve the crimes depicted is equally so.
-
- Todd Mitchell Krohn Atlanta
-
- If Mississippi Burning can act as a deterrent to prejudice,
- then it cannot hurt.
-
- David McConnell Camp Hill, Pa.
-
- Bravo to White for his commentary on Mississippi Burning.
- This movie stands history on its head: black people in the
- South, not the FBI, were the true heroes of the civil rights
- movement. To suggest otherwise, even in a fictional context,
- demeans a great moment.
-
- Dorothy M. Zellner Center for Constitutional Rights
- New York City
-
- Although the film's director, Alan Parker, may have
- rewritten the facts concerning the case of the murdered civil
- rights workers, we must recognize the positive by-products of
- motion pictures of this genre. Such films stimulate thought and
- educate the public about an era that must not be forgotten.
-
- Richard M. Harris Saugerties, N.Y.
-