William J. Simmons

Birth : 1916-07-07, Utica, Mississippi, USA

Death : 2007-11-27

History

William James Simmons was a leader of the segregationist white Citizens Council of Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s.

Movies

Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.