Mayor brings change to Mississippi Burning town
(NEWSER) - In a town best known for the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers, the election of its first black mayor is more than just noteworthy: It’s “an atomic bomb of change,” says James Young. Young, who remembers being harassed by the Ku Klux Klan, defeated the white, three-term mayor of Philadelphia, Miss., by 46 votes. “It’s so overwhelming to be a part of this history,” he told CNN. More»
