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- Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
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. Examining two commemorations around key anniversaries of the murders held in 1989 and 2004, Whitlinger shows the differences in how those events unfolded. She also charts how the 2004 commemoration offered a springboard for the trial of former Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen for his role in the 1964 murders, the 2006 passage of Mississippi's Civil Rights/Human Rights education bill, and the initiation of the Mississippi Truth Project. In doing so, Whitlinger provides the first comprehensive account of these high profile events and expands our understanding of how commemorations both emerge out of and catalyze associated memory movements.
Threading a compelling story with theoretical insights, Whitlinger delivers a study that will help scholars, students, and activists alike better understand the dynamics of commemorating difficult pasts, commemorative practices in general, and the links between memory, race, and social change.
Threading a compelling story with theoretical insights, Whitlinger delivers a study that will help scholars, students, and activists alike better understand the dynamics of commemorating difficult pasts, commemorative practices in general, and the links between memory, race, and social change.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-15
- 3. Prosecuting Edgar Ray Killen
- pp. 60-79
- 5. Commissioning Truth and Reconciliation
- pp. 109-131
- 8. Commemoration Is a Constant Struggle
- pp. 168-184
- Epilogue: Fifty Years Forward
- pp. 185-196
- Appendix A. On Methods
- pp. 197-206
- Appendix B. Archival Collections
- pp. 207-208
- Appendix C. List of Interviews
- pp. 209-210
- Bibliography
- pp. 243-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9798890857743
Related ISBN(s)
9781469656328, 9781469656335, 9781469656342, 9781469656359, 9798890857736
MARC Record
OCLC
1152595284
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2020-05-04
Language
English
Open Access
No