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| Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
| Title: | Dahmer, case suspects, Jan 1968 |
| Date: | 1968 Jan. 3 |
| Description: | January 25, 1968, arrest photo of Lester Thornton, who was arraigned in Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) on charges of murder of Vernon Dahmer and arson of his house and store January 10, 1966. 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 | Identification photographs |
| Subjects: | Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination | Thornton, Lester | Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi | Forrest County (Miss.)--History | Arrest--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=580 |
