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Sessum, Cecil V.

Authoritative Name:

Sessum, Cecil V.

Biography:

Exalted cyclops of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Jones County Mississippi who participated in the fire bombing of NAACP activist Vernon Dahmer's home and in Dahmer's murder in January 1966. Sessum was sentenced to life in prison for the murder in March 1968.

Associated Subjects:

Sessum, Cecil V.
Sessum, Cecil V.--Family
Sessum, Cecil V.--Trials, litigation, etc.

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

90 items in 2 collections (expand all)

MFDP--General papers, 1965-1971, part 2 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 2, Part 2)

Creator:: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:: 1963/1971
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer, Vernon (trial March 8-11) 1968

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03-8-11
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer, Vernon (trial March 8-11) 1968

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03-8-11
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer, Vernon (trial March 8-11) 1968

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03-8-11
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History