"U.S vs. Cecil Price"

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This paper discusses and analyzes the historical case, "U.S vs. Cecil Price." The paper first describes the background of the 1964 case and those involved in it. It then discusses the ramifications of the case for civil rights in the state of Mississippi. The paper particularly looks at how this case was seen as a key to breaking the wall of segregation throughout the South.

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"The population of the country was reluctant to offering any kind of information regarding the killings; in fact, it was children who gave the investigators the most clues. The two agents used tactics such as the observation of the sheriff's behavior as he was under heavy suspicion but could not be directly linked to the murders. Although he did not crack, information soon came from inside the Klan. James Jordan, a member of the KKK came forward and was confronted with investigators during the course of five rough interviews. At the end he was aware that his only chance to avoid going to prison was to give the full story. In recent years there have been several speculations regarding the involvement of the white mob in support of FBI's investigation; soldiers of prominent mob families such as the Colombo family allegedly participated in revealing the whereabouts of the three victims."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hays, Tom. "Mob moll says Mafiosi Helped FBI". Yahoo News, October 2007. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_re_us/mob_fbi_agent>
• Linder, Douglas. "The Mississippi Burning Trial (U. S. vs. Price et al.)". University of Missouri: Kansas City School of Law, 2000. <http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/price&bowers/Account.html>
• "Mississippi Burning." Spartacus Educational. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAburning.htm>
• "Mississippi Burning." AfricanAmericans.com. <http://www.africanamericans.com/CivilRightsSlaying.htm>
• "The Ku Klux Klan: A Hundred Years of Terror." Indiana University: Southern Poverty Law Center, 2000. <http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html>

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