Ghosts of Mississippi: Ghosts of Mississippi is a real-life drama covering the final trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the assassin of heroic civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The
movie begins with the murder on June 12, nineteen sixty-three and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in hung juries. The movie then covers district
attorney Bobby De Laughter's transformation and alliance with Myrlie Evers, Medgar Evers' widow, as he becomes more involved with bringing Beckwith to trial for the third time
30 years later.
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