- Collection:
- Moncrief photograph collection
- Title:
- Dahmer, demonstrations, Jan 1966
- Creator:
- Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
- Date of Original:
- 1966-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
African Americans--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
African American civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Arrest--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Direct action--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Law enforcement officers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Courthouses--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Flags--United States - People:
- Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination
Evers, Charles, 1922-2020
Fairley, J. C. (Jimmy Carter), 1921- - 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:
- Demonstration on morning of Vernon Dahmer's funeral, January 15, 1966, Hattiesburg (Miss.). Marchers gather at Forrest County courthouse steps, watched by media. Second row from front to immediate right of flag bearer: J. C. Fairley (black male with hat and glasses), Forrest County NAACP chapter president, and Charles Evers (black male in dark overcoat), state NAACP field secretary.
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&item=447
- 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: