Witness in Philadelphia
Southern Literary Studies
296 pages / 5.50 x 8.50 inches / no illustrations
Paperback / 9780807115664
/ February 1989
On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers--James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner--were murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Florence Mars, a native of Philadelphia, recounts the grim circumstances of the killings and describes what happened to a community confronted by a challenge to long-held beliefs.
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