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From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local teenager Doug Smith (Assistant Director and Youth Coordinator of the Hattiesburg project) driving one of Vernon Dahmer's tractors pulling a flat bed on which sits a group of volunteers and local people. Standing (left to right) are volunteer Lorne Cress (Chicago, Illinois; Director of the Community Centers in the Hattiesburg project), local African-American residents Melvin Sanders and Yvonne Connor, and Freedom School teacher Doug Tuchman (New York City). Among those sitting on the flat bed are local African-American residents Lana Beard, Anita Dabbs, Cary Fielder, and Johnny Gould. Taken at local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a group of Freedom Summer workers including (left to right) volunteer Lorne Cress (Chicago, Illinois; Director of the Community Centers in the Hattiesburg Project), SNCC staff Marion Davidson (Pasadena, California; a student at Smith College), Freedom School teacher Patricia Yorck (Port Washington, New York; a refugee from Nazi Germany; back to camera), Bob "Soda Pop" Ehrenreich (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?; voter registration), and Freedom School teacher Joseph Ellin (professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo; wearing glasses) standing behind three cars full of volunteers. Taken at local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4th.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Freedom Summer workers standing behind a car. From left to right, Patricia Yorck (Port Washington, New York; a refugee from Nazi Germany; Freedom School teacher), Bob "Soda Pop" Ehrenreich (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?; voter registration), volunteer Lorne Cress (Chicago, Illinois; Director of the Community Centers in the Hattiesburg project), SNCC staff Marion Davidson (Pasadena, California; a student at Smith College), and Doug Tuchman (New York City; Freedom School Teacher). Taken at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property at the Kelly Settlement on Independence Day.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Freedom Summer volunteers in a car at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property at the Kelly Settlement on Independence Day.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of voter registration volunteer Jacob Blum (a Yale University student from Roslyn Heights, New York) playing the guitar at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4. Volunteer 'Big Daddy' is behind him.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the only photograph (except for his reflection in a window in prints #346 and 537) in this collection of photographer Herbert Randall (New York City), possibly taken at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Victoria Jackson Gray, local civil rights leader and candidate for the U.S. Senate on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) ticket, at Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property in the Kelly Settlement, to the north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1964. The gathering marked the official beginning of Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Victoria Jackson Gray, local civil rights leader and candidate for the US Senate on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) ticket. Possibly taken at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local teenager Doug Smith driving one of Vernon Dahmer's tractors pulling a flat bed hauling group of Freedom Summer volunteers. The group includes Arthur Reese (holding a radio), Terri Shaw (barely visible behind Reese), Sandy Leigh (sitting with his feet hanging off the right side of the flat bed), Patricia Von Yorck (to the right of Leigh), and Susan Patterson wearing sunglasses at far right). To the right of Doug Smith on the tractor is Vernon Dahmer's son Dennis. The photograph was taken at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on the Dahmer property in the Kelly Settlement, to the north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 4,1964. The gathering marked the official beginning of Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local teenager Doug Smith (Assistant Director and Youth Coordinator of the Hattiesburg project) driving one of Vernon Dahmer's tractors pulling a flat bed on which sits a group of volunteers and local African-American residents. Local African-American activist Ulysses Everett sits on the left side of the flat bed. Next to him, wearing sunglasses is volunteer Dick Landerman (West Hartford, Connecticut; a student at Duke University; voter registration). On the right side of the flat bed are (front to rear) Arthur and Carolyn Reese (Detroit, Michigan; school principal and teacher), CO-Coordinators of the Hattiesburg Freedom Schools, and SNCC Field Secretary Sandy Leigh, Director of the Hattiesburg project. Just visible behind them are Freedom School teacher Patricia Yorck (Port Washington, New York). On the tractor on Doug Smith's left is Dennis Dahmer. Taken at local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local teenager Doug Smith (Assistant Director and Youth Coordinator of the Hattiesburg project) sitting behind the wheel of one of Vernon Dahmer's tractors. Immediately behind him is Mr. Dahmer's son, Dennis Dahmer. To Dennis' right is his friend Alfonso Harris. Sitting on the tractor engine is Freedom School teacher Lorne Cress (Chicago, Illinois), Director of the Community Centers in the Hattiesburg project. Taken at local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property at Kelly Settlement on July 4th.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer showing a cotton plant to volunteers (from right to left) Susan Patterson (New York City; a student at Cornell University; Freedom School teacher) and Peter Werner (Flint, Michigan; a student at the University of Michigan; Freedom School teacher). Taken at local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4th.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer (in pith helmet) hosts Freedom Summer workers at his fish fry for the volunteers on his property at the Kelly Settlement on July 4th. Sitting on the flat bed wearing a kerchief is SNCC staff Marion Davidson (Pasadena, California; a student at Smith College) and volunteer Jacob Blum (Roslyn Heights, New York; a student at Yale University; voter registration). Standing on the far right is local African-American resident Addie Ruth White. The fish were fried in the large black kettles.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of local people mingling with Freedom Summer volunteers at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property in the Kelly Settlement, to the north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1964. The woman to the far left with her back to the camera is Freedom School teacher Susan Patterson. Two Hattiesburg residents occupy the remainder of the foreground: Marie Blalock (center) and Addie Ruth White (right). To the right of the truck, Freedom School teacher and Coordinator of the COFO-Hattiesburg Freedom Libraries Nancy Ellin stands holding a plate; and to her right sits her husband, Freedom School teacher Joseph Ellin, on the right side of the truck's tailgate. The woman in a kerchief to the left of the truck is Freedom School teacher Denise Jackson.

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of volunteers and local African-American residents enjoying the fish fry given for them on July 4th by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on his property at the Kelly Settlement. Standing at far left is local African-American resident Andrew Charles Blalock. Sitting on the back of the truck, the Caucasian man wearing glasses, is Freedom School teacher Joseph Ellin (professor of philosophy, Western Michigan University) and standing next to him is his wife Nancy Ellin, who taught in the Freedom Schools and supervised the Hattiesburg Freedom Libraries. Sitting on the flat bed are SNCC staff Marion Davidson (Pasadena, California; a student at Smith College) and volunteer Jacob Blum (Roslyn Heights, New York; a student at Yale University; voter registration).The fish were fried in the large black kettles.