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<coll>moncrief</coll>
<repo>mus</repo>
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<dc_title>Dahmer, demonstrations, Jan 1966</dc_title>
<dc_creator>Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-</dc_creator>
<dc_subject>Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African Americans--Mississippi--Hattiesburg</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African American civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Employees</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Direct action--Mississippi--Hattiesburg</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--Press coverage</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Law enforcement officers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Reporters and reporting--Mississippi--Hattiesburg</dc_subject>
<dc_subject_personal>Fairley, J. C. (Jimmy Carter), 1921-</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_subject_personal>Herring, Hugh</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_subject_personal>Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_description>Demonstration on morning of Vernon Dahmer&apos;s funeral, January 15, 1966, Hattiesburg (Miss.). Marchers fill intersection of Batson and Market streets due to halt of march following arrest of participant. J. C. Fairley, Forrest County NAACP president (black male in glasses), negotiates with Hattiesburg Police Chief Hugh Herring (white male in hat).</dc_description>
<dc_description>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.</dc_description>
<dc_publisher>Jackson, Miss.: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Library</dc_publisher>
<dc_contributor>Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History</dc_contributor>
<dc_contributor>Moncrief Photograph Collection (Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History)</dc_contributor>
<dc_date>2007</dc_date>
<dc_type>Black-and-white photographs</dc_type>
<dc_identifier>http://mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/contents/er/moncrief/image.php?display=item&amp;item=425</dc_identifier>
<dc_source>Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.</dc_source>
<dc_relation>Forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection.</dc_relation>
<dc_coverage_temporal>1966-01</dc_coverage_temporal>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Hattiesburg (Miss.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Forrest County (Miss.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
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