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Identifier	mus.m351.0124p
Alternate ID	mus-rand0124
Title	Register Now; July 4, 1964
Description	From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of Freedom Summer volunteers stand in front of local civil rights leader J.C. Fairley's car, on the bumper of which is a sticker that reads "Register Now." Those identified in the photograph are: Patricia Von Yorck (back to camera), Joseph Ellin (standing across from Von York and wearing glasses), Bob "Soda Pop" Ehrenreich (right of Von Yorck, wearing glasses and a hat), and Terri Shaw (in between Ellin and Ehrenreich). Behind them is a car and house owned by the Beard family and a group of local people standing in the front yard. This photograph was taken at a fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property in the Kelly Settlement, north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1964. The event marked the official beginning of Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg.
Creator	Randall, Herbert, 1936-
Date	4 July 1964
Coverage (time period)	4 July 1964
Subject	Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Ehrenreich, Robert M. Ellin, Joseph. Mississippi Freedom Project. Randall, Herbert, 1936- Shaw, Terri Charlotte, 1940- Von Yorck, Patricia. Voter registration.
Resource type	Image
Format	Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white photograph.
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	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.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M351 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs.
Source	Box 1, Folder 13 M351-124
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	557.119 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1987
Height	1545
Color space	Grayscale
File name	rand0124.jpg