usm_crmda_rand0130 rand0130 crmda usm yes Tractor ride at Dahmer fish fry Randall, Herbert, 1936- Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Forrest County Women civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Women civil rights workers--Mississippi--Forrest County African American teenagers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American teenagers--Mississippi--Forrest County African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Forrest County Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Forrest County African American men--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American men--Mississippi--Forrest County African American children--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American children--Mississippi--Forrest County Men, White--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Men, White--Mississippi--Forrest County Women, White--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Women, White--Mississippi--Forrest County Farm tractors--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Farm tractors--Mississippi--Forrest County Portable radios--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Portable radios--Mississippi--Forrest County Clothing and dress Social movements--United States--History--20th Century Mississippi Freedom Project Kelly Settlement (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Reese, Arthur Shaw, Terri Charlotte, 1940- Leigh, Sandy von Yorck, Patricia Smith, Doug Dahmer, Dennis, 1953- Patterson, Susan Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Homes and haunts Randall, Herbert, 1936- From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Local teenager Doug Smith drives one of Vernon Dahmer's tractors pulling a flat bed hauling group of Freedom Summer volunteers. The group includes Arthur Reese (holding a radio), Terri Shaw (barely visible behind Reese), Sandy Leigh (sitting with his feet hanging off the right side of the flat bed), Patricia von Yorck (to the right of Leigh), and Susan Patterson wearing sun glasses at far right). To the right of Doug Smith on the tractor is Vernon Dahmer's son Dennis. The photograph was taken at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on the Dahmer property in the Kelly Settlement, to the north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 4,1964. The gathering marked the official beginning of Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) 2001-04-12; Black-and-white photographs http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,6117 Box 1, Folder 14, M351-130, M351 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. Forms part of the Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 1964-07-04 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20101220 113558