mus_moncrief_whm694 whm694 moncrief mus yes Sessums Trial, May 1968 Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi Trials (Murder)--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American civil rights workers--Violence against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Arson--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Courthouses--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Sessum, Cecil V.--Trials, litigation, etc. Sessum, Cecil V. Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination March 1968, Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) trial of Cecil V. Sessum for the January 1966 murder of Vernon Dahmer and the firebombing of his house and store. Sessum exits jail to walk to the courthouse. 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=694 Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. Forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection. 1968-05 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) 20110428 153755