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| Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
| Title: | Dahmer, House/Store, 1966 |
| Date: | 1966 |
| Description: | Luranie Heidelberg, Vernon Dahmer's aunt, looks at the smoking ruins of the store in the Kelly Settlement (Hattiesburg, Miss.), where she worked and resided the morning it was firebombed on January 10, 1966. Heidelberg, 84, escaped from the back of the burning structure. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 | Heidelberg, Luranie | Arson--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Murder--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi | Bombings--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Incendiary bombs | Intimidation--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Hate crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African American civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg (Miss.) | Forrest County (Miss.) |
| Collection: | Moncrief photograph collection |
| Institution: | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Contributors: | Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History | Moncrief Photograph Collection (Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History) |
| Online Publisher: | Jackson, Miss. : Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Library & Archives | 2007 |
| Original Material: | Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/contents/er/moncrief/image.php?display=item&item=523 |
