The following editorial, written by Stanley Dearman, who published and edited The Neshoba Democrat for more than 30 years, appeared on May 3, 2000: Philadelphia, Mississippi: Put those words into …

Seven-year-old De’Andre Cole stared in amazement at his great-grandfather’s picture displayed on the bulletin board in the front foyer of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. But instead of just …

“Maybe Philadelphia is about to fashion a new legacy — for itself and for America,” wrote the nationally syndicated columnist William Raspberry in The Washington Post on Monday. A public …

Katherine Cecil may have been raised over a thousand miles from Philadelphia, Mississippi, but she was still able to comprehend the significance of the positive tenor present in Sunday’s …

Community leaders are expected today to issue a call for justice in the unprosecuted 1964 civil rights murders in Neshoba County. The Philadelphia Coalition, a 30-member, multi-racial task force …

Lee Cole, a lifelong member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, remains hopeful that his grandchildren will never experience the horrors of a society divided by color. Cole was 13 years old when …

A throng of media crowded into City Hall to cover the press conference calling for justice in the 1964 civil rights murders. A long row of cameras from five different television stations were up …

Excerpts from remarks made by Gov. Haley Barbour on June 20: It is all together fitting and proper for us to be here today to remember a terribly evil event. I'd say Mississippi is a wonderful …

A broad-based group of citizens and community leaders, including state and local elected officials, are to gather at the Neshoba County Coliseum on Sunday for an hour-long program to publicly …

A community choir is being organized as part of the 40th anniversary observance commemorating the lives of three civil rights workers murdered here in 1964. An organization meeting of the chior is …

The reason a broad-based, tri-racial task force is planning the 40th anniversary commemoration of the civil rights murders is because if this community remains silent we can expect others to set the …

A broad-based group of citizens, business leaders and elected officials issued a call for justice last week in the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County. On Friday, …

The extraordinary act of leadership displayed by Philadelphia Mayor Rayburn Waddell, the Community Development Partnership and The Philadelphia Coalition in once and for all calling for justice in …

Three Illinois high school students who made the 1964 civil rights murders here a history project will be in Philadelphia Sunday as part of a community observance. The students spent more than a …

Leslie McLemore wants to use the Philadelphia Coalition’s efforts in Neshoba County as a statewide model for racial reconciliation and problem-solving. Walking around the Neshoba County Coliseum …

Excerpts from remarks made by Dick Molpus on June 20: This is an historic day for a number of reasons. First, we are seeing a remarkable display of unity and connection from the citizens of …

I have always believed in my hometown and I have believed deeply in my state, so I was not among those who thought Sunday would never come. To me, it was just a matter of when. I left Mississippi …

A task force of city, county and Tribal leaders is being formed to help plan a 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1964 civil rights murders and to study options for an appropriate public …

Excerpts from remarks made by James Young, president of The Neshoba County Boardof Supervisors, on June 20: I want you know here today that you are looking at a different county, a different set …

The Board of Supervisors on Monday followed city officials and other leaders who two weeks ago called for justice in the 1964 civil rights murders. Hundreds and maybe thousands of visitors are …