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Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,303 at the 2000 census.
Philadelphia is the hometown of Olivia Williams Manning, the mother of current NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning. It is also the hometown of country music entertainer and Grand Ole Opry star, Marty Stuart. It is the birthplace of 1959 Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Cannon.
Philadelphia has a growing underground rap scene.
Philadelphia is also home to the Philly Mafia Click rap group, under the underground record label Amerikaz Unknown. Group leaders, TJ Infamous & DBCayne, followed by members Jigga JT, Lil' J, Baby "G", Wyte Girl, Lil' Ryan, and Young Gutta. Styles mainly Crunk & Horrorcore rap.
HistoryPhiladelphia is most famous as the site of the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964. This incident later became the basis for the movie Mississippi Burning. Eighteen persons, including the sheriff and deputy sheriff, were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for violating the civil rights of the three dead men; 7 were convicted. No legal action was taken on the actual murders by the state of Mississippi until 2005, when one of the participants, Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on three counts of manslaughter (one for each of the dead men).
Philadelphia is the hometown of Olivia Williams Manning, the mother of current NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning. It is also the hometown of country music entertainer and Grand Ole Opry star, Marty Stuart. It is the birthplace of 1959 Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Cannon.
Philadelphia has a growing underground rap scene.
Philadelphia is also home to the Philly Mafia Click rap group, under the underground record label Amerikaz Unknown. Group leaders, TJ Infamous & DBCayne, followed by members Jigga JT, Lil' J, Baby "G", Wyte Girl, Lil' Ryan, and Young Gutta. Styles mainly Crunk & Horrorcore rap.
HistoryPhiladelphia is most famous as the site of the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964. This incident later became the basis for the movie Mississippi Burning. Eighteen persons, including the sheriff and deputy sheriff, were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for violating the civil rights of the three dead men; 7 were convicted. No legal action was taken on the actual murders by the state of Mississippi until 2005, when one of the participants, Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on three counts of manslaughter (one for each of the dead men).
In 1980 Ronald Reagan kicked off his general campaign for president of the United States in Philadelphia, announcing at the annual county fair, "I believe in states' rights ... believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the Constitution to that federal establishment." He went on to promise to "restore to states and local governments the power that properly belongs to them".
Some thought Reagan's speech marked the continuation of the successful Republican "Southern strategy"; this was supposedly evidence of Reagan's libertarian belief in federalism and a greater role for states in determining their own policies. However, given the history of Philadelphia, and Reagan's use of the words "states' rights", often interpreted as a desire to return to pre-Civil War laws regarding segregation, many felt that Reagan was at least insensitive to the concerns of blacks, or that he even was using this location and these words as a cynical appeal to the white racist vot
GeographyPhiladelphia is located at (32.774070, -89.112891).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.6 square miles (27.5 km²), of which, 10.6 square miles (27.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.
EducationThe City of Philadelphia is served by the Philadelphia Public School District.
AttractionsGeyser Falls Water Theme ParkSilver Star CasinoExternal links Official webpage for the City of Philadelphia
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