usm_crmda_rand0144 rand0144 crmda usm yes Guest at Dahmer fish fry Randall, Herbert, 1936- Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights movements--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 Men--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Men--Mississippi--Forrest County Tables--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Tables--Mississippi--Forrest County Picnicking--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Picnicking--Mississippi--Forrest County Watermelons--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Watermelons--Mississippi--Forrest County Clothing and dress Beverages Social movements--United States--History--20th Century Mississippi Freedom Project Kelly Settlement (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Homes and haunts From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. One of the guests at the fish fry given for the Freedom Summer volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his 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. It shows the African-American man sitting on a picnic table covered with watermelon with his back toward the camera. 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,6283 Box 1, Folder 15, M351-144, M351 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of 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 114848