Witness in Philadelphia / Edition 1

Witness in Philadelphia / Edition 1

by Florence Mars
ISBN-10:
0807115665
ISBN-13:
9780807115664
Pub. Date:
02/01/1989
Publisher:
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-10:
0807115665
ISBN-13:
9780807115664
Pub. Date:
02/01/1989
Publisher:
Louisiana State University Press
Witness in Philadelphia / Edition 1

Witness in Philadelphia / Edition 1

by Florence Mars

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807115664
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Publication date: 02/01/1989
Series: Southern Literary Studies
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Florence Mars, who has spent most of her life in Neshoba County, Mississippi, has also lived in Atlanta and New Orleans. A freelance photographer, many of whose photographs illustrate this book, Mars has had pictures of Mississippi rural scenes and New Orleans architecture, parades, and jazz bands in such publications as the New York Times and Time.
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