Ross Barnett

Birth : 1898-01-22, Standing Pine, Mississippi, USA

Death : 1987-11-06

History

Ross Robert Barnett was the Governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a prominent member of the Dixiecrats, Southern Democrats who supported racial segregation.

Movies

Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer
Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (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.