The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission was a secret state police force operating from 1956 to 1977 to suppress the civil rights movement and maintain segregation. The commission kept files, harassed and branded many as communist infiltrators via agents who were retired FBI, CIA and military intelligence. No one was safe in Mississsippi. A form of the Sovereignty Commission continues today in Mississippi. Ask Haley Barbour.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Civil Rights Lawyer William Kunstler Liked to Shake Up Mississippi
Attorney Kunstler, Wickipedia
Daughters of the late civil rights attorney, William Kunstler, Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, have recently completed a documentary about their father entitled William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe which will have its world premiere screening as part of the Documentary Competition of the upcoming 2009 Sundance Film Festival in January.
Mississippi's Sovereignty Commission had great interest in Kunstler, who fought for civil righs with Dr. King., and judging by the hundreds of files still available to peruse, the civil rights lawyer loved stirring it up Mississippi. Here are several:
Kunstler name makes it on Senator Eastland's "index of names"
Kunstler helped Fannie Lou Hamer open voting rights in Sunflower County
Lawyer for Freedom Democrats -- editorial written by the Sovereignty Commission for the Jackson Daily News
A Kunstler "spotting" by Sovereignty Commission spy Tom Scarbrough is reported to the Jackson office
Kunstler defends a Freedom Rider in Biloxi
Sending a "Peace Corps of lawyers" into Mississippi
Warning to the governor -- "Expect Anything" -- People's Coalition For Peace and Justice Coming to Jackson
Report Biased Judge Harold Cox in Kunstler case before Federal Court
Transcript -- State of Mississippi vs. Henry J. Thomas
Be sure to check all versions of Kunstler's name -- i.e. "Kuntsler" in the files
"Kuntsler" and the RNA
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