- Collection:
- Moncrief photograph collection
- Title:
- Dahmer, suspects
- Creator:
- Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
- Date of Original:
- 1966
- Subject:
- Arson--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Murder--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi
Bombings--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Incendiary bombs
Intimidation--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Hate crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
African American civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg - People:
- Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, 31.18887, -89.25786
United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Man inspects the charred and shattered remains of Vernon Dahmer's car the morning his house and store in the Kelly Settlement (Hattiesburg, Miss.) were firebombed on January 10, 1966. The Hattiesburg American reported "The vehicle bore marks of a shooting."
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/moncrief/image.php?display=item=534
- Additional Rights Information:
- The electronic files in the Moncrief Photograph Collection are intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Any use beyond that prescribed by Fair Use requires the permission of the copyright holder, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. In addition, MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line that gives the name of this collection, the unique ID #, the name of this institution, and URL, according to the following formula: Moncrief Photograph Collection, ID #, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, [http://www.mdah.state.ms.us]
- Original Collection:
- Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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