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The Other Philadelphia Story

Posted by on Jun 25, 2012 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog, Mississippi Stories

Philadelphia, Mississippi is notorious for the 1964 Civil Rights killings of Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner.  In I CAN’T AFFORD TO FUMBLE THE BALL, Mayor James A. Young talks about the responsibility he feels as Philadelphia’s first black mayor and how the city has moved forward from its ignoble past.

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