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| Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
| Title: | Dahmer, Vernon (trial March 8-11) 1968 |
| Date: | 1968 Mar.-8-11 |
| Description: | March 8, 1968, Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) arraignment of Billy Roy Pitts, in which he pleaded guilty to the January 1966 murder of Vernon Dahmer and the firebombing of his house and store. Pitts (right) is escorted by U.S. deputy marshals. This photograph appeared on page one of the March 8, 1968, Hattiesburg American. 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: | Pitts, Billy Roy | Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination | Pitts, Billy Roy--Trials, litigation, etc. | Law enforcement officers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Arraignment--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Trials--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Arson--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Murder--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | 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=638 |
