Silence in the Mississippi Delta - Hawkins vs The Town of Shaw

2026 0h 31m · Documentary · ★ 0.0

Silence in the Mississippi Delta - Hawkins vs The Town of Shaw

This documentary tells the story about Andrew Hawkins Sr. & Mary Lou Hawkins suing the town of Shaw, Mississippi as a family for the disparities prevalent in the neighborhoods of the African American community. This United States court case took place around one of the peaks in the Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Summer.