A determined widow. A courageous D.A. They found a way to do what two trials and 25 futile years of effort couldn't do--convict the murderer of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. A powerful tale of courage and commitment.

Honoring Justice-Seekers in 1964 Murder of Civil Rights Workers: Read through the following pieces as background on the unfolding events that lead us to this end-of-the-year film. Mr. Oravec and Mr. Newton invite you to see this in the context of a culmination of much of the work that we have done with you over the past two years.

Listen to the voices of the past, the "ghosts" of our American journey. Think about the futures that you are about to inherit.

"Mississippi Burning: The murder case that set a US state alight" - The Independent, Online Edition. June 14, 2005

"Country Preacher to Be Tried as 1964 Murder Mastermind" - Los Angeles Times, latimes.com. June 12, 2005

"Jerry Mitchell: Crusading for Justice Long Overdue" - American Bar Association.

"Students, teacher ‘carry burden’ for slain civil rights workers" - The United Methodist Church News *Think of the power that these young people have. Think about the power that some of you have discovered through Project Citizen.

"Till is exhumed: Experts hope science can unravel case" - Chicago Tribune. June 2, 2005

"Body of Emmett Till to Be Exhumed" - National Public Radio *This resource has aduio and video. Make sure that you are at a computer station that has these capabilities.

"Repairing Senate's Record on Lynching: 'Long Overdue' Apology Would Be Congress's First for Treatment of Blacks" - Washington Post. June 11, 2005. "The Senate is set to correct that wrong Monday, when its members will vote on a resolution to apologize for the failure to enact an anti-lynching law first proposed 105 years ago."

SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS: SENATE RESOLUTION 442-APOLOGIZING TO THE VICTIMS OF LYNCHING AND THEIR DESCENDANTS FOR THE SENATE'S FAILURE TO ENACT ANTI-LYNCHING LEGISLATION - Project Vote Smart

"Deep South's response to a lynching apology: The Senate's gesture fits a larger pattern of attempts at reckoning - but to many, it comes too late" - The Christian Science Monitor. June 15, 2005