Florence Mars was born on 1 January 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, USA. Florence is known for American Experience (1987). Florence died on 23 April 2006 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, USA.
Her book "Witness in Philadelphia" which recounted the death of three
workers trying to register black voters in Mississippi during the 1960s
was the inspiration for the film "Mississippi Burning"
Less than 24 hours after I testified before a grand jury investigating those murders, the Klan initiated a campaign to 'ruin' me, a WASP lady with eight great-grandparents buried in Neshoba County.