Ghosts of Mississippi can be just really a play since the final trial of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers, of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith. It starts with the murder and also the events surrounding both initial trials that ended in a hung jury. As he becomes involved in attracting in Beckwith to trial to its third time the movie then covers District Attorney, Bobby DeLaughters transformation and cooperation together with Myrlie Evers, wife of Medgar Evers, of this. A number of the characters are played by the actual participants in this story.