The Civil Rights Movement begins to gain momentum in the early 1950s, focusing on ending racial discrimination and segregation in the United States.
A 1964 campaign launched to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi, a state known for racial discrimination and voter suppression.
Three civil rights workers—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—are murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation launches a high-profile investigation into the disappearance and murder of the three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
Several Ku Klux Klan members and local law enforcement officials are arrested and later convicted for their involvement in the murders of the civil rights workers.
Three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney, go missing while investigating the burning of a black church in Mississippi.
FBI agents Anderson and Ward arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of the three activists.
Agents face obstruction and hostility from local sheriff and townspeople while trying to obtain information about the missing activists.
A local informant provides clues that lead the FBI closer to uncovering the involvement of the Ku Klux Klan.
FBI conducts raids against suspected Klan members, leading to violent confrontations.
The FBI discovers the bodies of the three missing civil rights workers buried in an earthen dam.
Agents confront the Klan members responsible for the murders and secure their arrests.
