May 2009, Philadelphia waxay dooratay duqa magaaladeedii ugu horeeyay oo madow ah, James A. Young, oo ah wacdiye Pentecostal ah oo 53 jir ah isla markaana hore u ahaa kormeeraha gobolka. Wuxuu ka adkaaday Rayburn Waddell, oo caddaan ah, saddexda xilli ee xilka hayay, 46 cod ee doorashada koowaad ee Dimuqraadiga (ma jirin tartame Jamhuuriga ah). Jim Prince, oo ah daabacaha wargeyska maxaliga ah ee Neshoba Democrat ayaa yiri, "Philadelphia waligeed waxay la xidhiidhi doontaa wixii halkan ka dhacay 1964, laakiin xaqiiqda ah in Philadelphia, Mississippi, oo leh taariikhdeeda xun, ay dooran karto nin madow ah duqa magaalada, waxaa laga yaabaa inay tahay waqtigii la joojin lahaa doorashada Philadelphia, Mississippi. " Shaqaalaha ololaha doorashada ee Young waxay ku amaaneen ololaha madaxtinimada ee Barack Obama
tirada sii kordheysa ee dadka madowga ah iyo codbixiyayaasha da'da yar ee Philadelphia, kuwaasoo intooda badan u codeeyay Young. Xilkiisa wuxuu bilaabmay July 3, 2009.