The film "Mississippi Burning" was an accurate portrayal of the African Americans in the south during the 1950's and the 1960's. African Americans had separation in many parts of the south just like in the movie; they couldn't be in the same schools or restaurants as the White people. They were beaten, murdered, and lynched just because they were Black people. The authorities of many cities in the South were corrupted. The problems that were focused on in the movie were accurate to the problems faced to the African Americans and Civil Right Workers.
             The Black people could not eat, go to school or work in the same place as the White people. In the movie there was a scene where the F.B.I agent goes into the restaurant and the Colored people were sitting away from the White people. This was very true in the 50's and 60's. They were separated and were not even supposed to be seen together. It was not good for the Black people to be with the white people or people would suspect they were up to something. The schools were separated. Black schools were poor while the White kids had better teachers and a better education. A big deal back than was the separation of the schools.
             Many African Americans were beaten, killed and even lynched. The cause for beating them was cause the White people didn't like them. The Whites thought they shouldn't be here. In the movie the white sometimes killed for no reason. If they supposedly back talked back to someone they were beaten. The White people burned down their houses to make the Colored people suffer. Some of the Black people were even lynched for no reason.
             The authority in the movie was corrupted they were behind the missing Civil Right Workers and for the murder of many Blacks and the beating of them too. In the South the police was sometimes behind the murdering of the Blacks. Since they were the authority no one ...