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| Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
| Title: | Dahmer, suspects, 1968 |
| Date: | 1968 |
| Description: | March 28, 1966, arraignment in Hattiesburg (Miss.) before U.S. Commissioner Jack Pittman of 12 Jones County (Miss.) men charged by the FBI with violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer's house and store January 10, 1966, which resulted in his death. 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--Assassination | Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi | Forrest County (Miss.)--History | Arraignment--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African American civil rights workers--Violence against | African American civil rights workers--Crimes against | Murder--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Arson--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | White supremacy movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Intimidation | 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=540 |
