- Collection:
- Moncrief photograph collection
- Title:
- Dahmer, Vernon (trial March 8-11) 1968
- Creator:
- Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
- Date of Original:
- 1968-03-8-11
- Subject:
- Law enforcement officers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Arraignment--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Trials--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Arson--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Murder--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
African American civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg - People:
- Pitts, Billy Roy
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination
Pitts, Billy Roy--Trials, litigation, etc. - 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:
- March 8, 1968, Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) arraignment of Billy Roy Pitts, in which he pleaded guilty to the January 1966 murder of Vernon Dahmer and the firebombing of his house and store. Pitts (right) is escorted by U.S. deputy marshals. This photograph appeared on page one of the March 8, 1968, Hattiesburg American.
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=638
- 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: