| Contents |
A Philadelphia (Mississippi) story: remembering in black and white -- From countermemory to collective memory -- Prosecuting Edgar Ray Killen -- Legislating civil and human rights education -- Commissioning truth and reconciliation -- The transformative capacity of commemorating racial violence: comparing the 1989 and 2004 commemorations -- Commemorating racial violence as intergroup contact -- Commemoration is a constant struggle -- Fifty years forward. |
| Abstract |
"Few places are more notorious for civil rights-era violence than Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site of the 1964 "Mississippi Burning" murders. Yet in a striking turn of events, Philadelphia has become a beacon in Mississippi's racial reckoning in the decades since. Claire Whitlinger investigates how this community came to acknowledge its past, offering significant insight into the social impacts of commemoration. Whitlinger expands our understanding of how commemorations both emerge out of and catalyze associated memory movements"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019046687 |
| ISBN | 9781469656328 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781469656335 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
