usm_crmda_rand0139 rand0139 crmda usm yes Children 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 civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Forrest County African American women civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American women 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 women--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African American women--Mississippi--Forrest County Men, White--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Men, White--Mississippi--Forrest County Women, White--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Women, White--Mississippi--Forrest County Children--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Children--Missisippi--Forrest County Outdoor cookery--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Outdoor cookery--Mississippi--Forrest County Campfires--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Campfires--Mississippi--Forrest County Picnicking--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Picnicking--Mississippi--Forrest County Clothing and dress Beverages Social movements--United States--History--20th Century Coca Cola (Trademark) Mississippi Freedom Project Kelly Settlement (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Beech, Robert L. Backstrom, Willie Mae Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Homes and haunts From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. The sons of Reverend Robert Beech, Director of the Hattiesburg Ministers Project, reach for cold drinks in a Coca-Cola cooler at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer during Freedom Summer. The fish fry was given on Dahmer's property in the Kelly Settlement, to the north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1964. The woman standing with the dark purse is local African-American resident Willie Mae Backstrom. 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) 2002-04-25 Black-and-white photographs http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,5665 Box 1, Folder 14, M351-139, M351 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 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 114129