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Since #MississippiBurning is trending, I'll take the opportunity to remind people that not only Hackman and Dafoe nailed their roles, but Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif and the late Badja Djola hit it out of the park. 
If you couldn't hear a pin drop during that razor blade scene in the photo, you didn't pay attention to the film.
What is it with Brad Dourif that the Academy keeps getting wrong. He's one of the most underrated actors there are and his role in Cuckoo's Nest was one of the best there was, EVER.
Jewish involvement in the Civil Rights Movement #Jews and #Blacks marched arm & arm. Jews were earliest supporters of #UrbanLeague, #ILGWU organized too. #AmericanJewishCommittee, #AmericanJewishCongress & #ADL were central in the fight (1 #MLKDay
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#Jews made substantial financial contributions to many civil rights organizations including: #NAACP, #UrbsnLeague, #CongressofRacialEquality, & #StudentNonViolentCoordinatingCommittee (2) #MLKDay #MLK #MLKJr
50% of #CivilRights attorneys were #Jews & 50% of whites who went to Mississippi in 1964 were Jews who went to challenge #JimCrowLaws. Clark's study relied upon by the USSCt in Brown v Bd of Education case was paid for by #AmericanJewishCommittee #MLKDay (3)
