mus_moncrief_whm639 whm639 moncrief mus yes Dahmer, Vernon (trial March 8-11) 1968 Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- 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 Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination Pitts, Billy Roy--Trials, litigation, etc. Pitts, Billy Roy 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 (center) is escorted by U.S. deputy marshals. 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. Jackson, Miss. : Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Library & Archives Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History Moncrief Photograph Collection (Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History) 2007 Black-and-white photographs http://mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/contents/er/moncrief/image.php?display=item&item=639 Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. Forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection. 1968-03-8-11 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) 20110509 111318