Mississippi Remixed: A fresh look at race relations in America's most notorious state.

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"Incident at 955 Pecan Boulevard" by Nancy S. McCorkle appeared in Guideposts magazine (December, 2004) and is reproduced with permission from Guideposts.  Copyright  2004 by Guideposts.  All rights reserved.

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Lois & Ray Williams
Producer / Director
Myra Williams Ottewell
Story Producer
Erin Mussolum
Screenwriter
Titus Heckle
Editors
James Culbertson
Myra Williams Ottewell
Technical Advisor
Ray Maxwell
Original Music
   Joel Scott Davis
 
Music Score & Sound
Re-Recording Mixer
   Oren Hadar
 
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Director & Camera Operator
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Director of Photography
Jesse Rosten
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Clark Lee
Randy Kwan
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John Lanford
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Terry Stenzel
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MPB Graphics
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Studio Lighting
Earnest Seals
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Paul Miller
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Jimmy Thrasher
Mack Dillard
Mike Koskie
Ray Green
Studio Engineer
   Chris Gestrin
 
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Diane Marler
Ray Maxwell
Erin Mussolum
Myra Williams Ottewell
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Director of Public Relations
   Margaret McPhillips
 
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Louisa Whitfield-Smith
Researcher
Pat Weeks
Transcripts - British Columbia
Rosanne Paciencia Lambert
Transcripts - Mississippi
Diane Marler
Betty Phillips
Amile Wilson
Video Transfer
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Craig Cerhit
Interview Contributors
Carolyn Craig
Jane Menefee Schutt: 1913 – 2006
Nancy Schutt McCorkle
Carlton Turner
Dr. Charles Ross
Dr. Susan Glisson
H.T. Holmes
Gov. William Winter
Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin
Dr. Dolphus Weary
Donna Ladd
James Meredith
Dr. Pat Cooper
Brenda Travis
Joe Lewis
Tiaundra Artis & Vaugh Hines
Benjamin Joseph & Dorothy Powell
Mississippi Archival Images & Footage
Courtesy of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History
“The Plantation System in Southern Life”
Courtesy Prelinger Archives
Media and Documentary Projects Center
University of Mississippi
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Micah Ginn. Producer/Director
Music Consultants
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Mississippi
Darden Wade
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“Me and My Harp”
Written and performed by Bobby Rush (BMI)
Published by Deltaboy Music/Carquit Music/Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI)
"Sit at the Welcome Table"
(Traditional) Performed by Hollis Watson from 'Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through its Songs’, Smithsonian Folkways SFW40032, provided courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. © 1990. Used by permission.
"Wade in the Water"
(Traditional) Performed by Fannie Lou Hamer from “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1969”, Smithsonian Folkways SFW40084, provided courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. © 1997. Used by permission.
“Jesus is On the Mainline” (Trad.)
Performed by First Hyde Park M.B. Church
InspirationalChoir
“Faithful is Our God”
Written by Jules Bartholomew
Used courtesy of Judamuzik
Used by permission
"Wang Dang Doodle"
Written by Willie Dixon
Published by HOOCHIE COOCHIE MUSIC (BMI) administered by Bug Music
Performed by
The Central Mississippi Blues Society Band:
Abdul Rasheed
Pat Brown
Malcolm Shepard
Cedric Wiley
Willie Hart
Rick Lewis
King Edward
Keith Collin
Peggy Brown, Manager
“I'M A LOSER”
Performed by Kamikaze
Written by Brad Franklin (ASCAP)
Used courtesy of Our Glass Entertainment and Julian-Jicole Publishing with
Vocals: Mcafee (aka Mac)
Vocals: Shanna Travis
Vocals: Keishanna Michelle
Vocals: Jazmine (aka Jaz)
Keyboards: Kevin Johnson (KJ)
Drums: Eric Cager
Guitar: Gypsy Fillilove
“I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow”
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Used courtesy of Chartbuster Karaoke
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Performed by
Chuck Tucker
Todd Stauffer
Tony DiFatta
“He Leadth Me”
by Joseph H. Hilmore & William B. Bradbury
Performed by Peace Portal Alliance Church Choir
“Let The Good Times Roll”
Written by Fleecie Moore & Sam Theard
Published by MPL Music Publishing, Inc. obo Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
"Lord Hold My Hand While I Run This Race"
(traditional) performed by Fannie Lou Hamer from “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1969”, Smithsonian Folkways SFW40084, provided courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. © 1997. Used by permission.
Video Footage: Raphael Semmes Music
“These Days” featuring Jewel Bass
“Mississippi Burning” Poster
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“Incident at 955 Pecan Boulevard”
by Nancy S. McCorkle appeared in
Guideposts magazine (December, 2004)
Reproduced with permission from Guideposts.
All rights reserved.
“Measure of Our Days”
University Of Mississippi Press
Used by Permission
“Join your White Citizens Council”
#517 Miscellaneous Papers [Unit 38],
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Wright Brothers collection, Prints & Photographs Division,
LC-ppmsca-04598
"Selling a Freedman to Pay His Fine"
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on January 19, 1867:
LC-USZ62-37848
“Discovery of Nat Turner”
LC-USZ62-2580
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“Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education Decision”
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Emmett Till Collection
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Cleveland, MS
James Meredith March Photos
AP Images
Army Military Images
Photo Response
“A Bronze Star for Brenda”
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Joe Trull, Editor
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Stirling Ward Photographic Design
Jimmy Winstead – Jackson Telecom Center
Gil Ford Photography, Inc. – Jackson Skyline
Additional Photographs by
Jo Freeman
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Carrie/James Photography
South Burnaby Neighourhood Photos
Naoko Widman of
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   Ellen Sorley Cook
   Kerry Richardson
   Ann Sutherland
   Theresa Mulligan
   Christine Casselman & Family
   Darlene Bloomfield
   Chris Bodansky
   Val and Arn Smith
   Bill and Violet Heath
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McComb Municipal School Board
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Greg Cooper
Jeffrey Woods
and Members
First United Methodist Church of Clinton
Rev. Bob Rambo, Pastor
Tommy Steadman, Music Director
First Hyde Park MB Church
Rev. Terry Davis, Pastor
And Congregation
Wells United Methodist Church
Rev. Keith Tonkel, Pastor
Jim Young, Pastoral Assistant
Greater Clark Street Missionary
Baptist Church of Jackson
Rev. Eric Knapp, Pastor
Calvary Baptist Church
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Linda Smith , Minister of Missions
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Marcus Butler, Pastor
Delcina McGlothin
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