The Mississippi town of Philadelphia has long been branded as a place synonymous with the Ku Klux Klan and racist attitudes, ever since three Freedom Riders were murdered there,in1964. But Friday marked a new day for the town, which now has its first-ever African-American mayor, James Young, who won a narrow victory by only 46 votes. The local pastor remembers the dark, early days of his youth when Klansmen roamed the streets at night terrorizing African-Americans. But much has changed for Philadelphia, although whites still constitute a majority of the population (55%).