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If you have Smithsonian Channel, turn it on. (Original Post) Brigid Feb 2015 OP
I don't marym625 Feb 2015 #1
Ask and receive. Brigid Feb 2015 #3
I found this page online about it Electric Monk Feb 2015 #4
Thank you! n/t marym625 Feb 2015 #5
Did you find it online to watch? Brigid Feb 2015 #6
nope marym625 Feb 2015 #8
I've been looking around too. Brigid Feb 2015 #13
I suspect marym625 Feb 2015 #14
It looks like MSNBC will have episodes online marym625 Feb 2015 #16
If you find it, will you share the link here? Jamastiene Feb 2015 #7
yep. marym625 Feb 2015 #9
Thank you. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #10
Thank me if I find it marym625 Feb 2015 #11
Until I can find it... marym625 Feb 2015 #12
see reply 16 marym625 Feb 2015 #17
Bummer! I don't get that channel. Exhibit A Feb 2015 #2
... mopinko Feb 2015 #15
K&R marym625 Feb 2015 #18
 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
4. I found this page online about it
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 09:31 PM
Feb 2015
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in American history, the 1965 Voting Rights Act. An upcoming, new Smithsonian Channel Black History Month two-part special, "Mississippi Inferno," will reveal the essential role played by black landowners and black independent farmers as a real driving force behind the passage of this legislation.

Narrated by actor, director and political activist Danny Glover, the two-part special premieres Monday, February 16 with "Mississippi Inferno: Seeds of Revolt" at 8pm ET/PT, followed by "Mississippi Inferno: Deeds of Defiance" at 9pm ET/PT.

Last November, President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to slain civil rights activists James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan during 1964's historic voter registration drive. "Mississippi Inferno" reveals that a second "triple murder" was being planned by the KKK - only the next three targets were not "outside agitators," but three black landowners who allowed civil rights workers to stay in their homes. This group of black landowners and independent farmers were willing to risk their land, their homes, and their lives by using their land as collateral to obtain property bonds to get hundreds of civil rights workers out of jail.

"Mississippi Inferno," features compelling first person accounts of the courage and resourcefulness of the families who jeopardized their land and their lives for social justice. Their story has been largely ignored and yet they were key to the success of the civil rights movement. They not only provided safe havens and food, but even armed protection to the outside volunteers who were otherwise committed to non-violence.

more...
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/mississippi-inferno-reveals-role-black-landowners-farmers-played-in-1965-voting-rights-act-passage-20150204

marym625

(17,997 posts)
8. nope
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 09:40 PM
Feb 2015

But it's a series with at least 2 seasons it seems.

I haven't tried a few places yet. If I find it I will post it here.

Thanks much!

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
13. I've been looking around too.
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 09:54 PM
Feb 2015

But no luck finding the actual episodes to watch online. I'm hoping someone who is more accustomed to looking for episodes online can help?

marym625

(17,997 posts)
16. It looks like MSNBC will have episodes online
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 10:13 PM
Feb 2015

After they air on the Smithsonian channel. It says "past episodes" but has the first one airing tonight on Smithsonian.

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