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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, MS
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| Mr. Dearman, the former editor of the Neshoba Democrat newspaper,
tells the story of the killing of three civil rights workers,
in 1964, just outside of the town. As a young reporter, he
covered the story. |
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| In the library at Philadelphia, MS. |
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Mr. Stanley Dearman, former editor of the Neshoba Democrat,
Philadelphia, MS |
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"The next morning it was on to Philadelphia. This
was a name I knew, whose letters I always imagined decorated
with dripping blood like the titles on all those trashy
Christopher Pike horror books...It was terrifying, really,
to conceptualize that those three boys had been pulled
off the same highway we had driven, beaten and slaughtered
in the woods right before our eyes...Spanish moss climbed
lazily over thick, drooping branches...it made me shiver."
-Kate Fiorucci
"Mr. Dearman said that there hasn't been a day in
30 years when he did not think of the murder of the three
young men... When I asked if he feared the Klan, he said
no... I was touched by his strength and ability to overcome
such an oppressive environment." -Student
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| "Mr. Dearman was a great speaker. The
expression on his face told it all. One could literally
see the remorse on his face and in the air around him for
what happened to Chaney and the others." -Doug Toomer |
| "He remembered everything down to the
most minute detail...He too spoke with such emotion, so
much heartache almost." -Kristina Riordan |
| "One of the experiences that struck out
most in my mind during the trip was on the bus ride to Philadelphia.
We were driving down the road where the freedom summer kids
were killed. I looked out into the woods next to the road
and it suddenly hit me where I was. The night those killed
were pulled over became more real. There is the road, the
last one they drove on. It all became too real." -Peter
Kruskal |
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