Philadelphia Mississippi News

James Young becomes first black mayor of Philadelphia, MS

By theGrio

7:50 AM on 07/04/2009

KYLE HARVEY James Young recently made history in Philadelphia, Mississippi after defeating the incumbent Rayburn Waddell by 46 votes. On July 3rd he became the town's first African American mayor. Philadelphia, Mississippi is notorious for its history of racism. The film Mississippi Burning is based on the murders of the...