Moncrief Photograph Collection item#: 802 Previous Image | Next Image Title: Moncrief Collection photograph Author: Winfred Moncrief Publisher: MDAH Source: forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection Date original created: 1968-05 Image Format Information Rights Management Caption: Sessums Trial, May 1968 Print Number: 806 Description: March 1968, Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) trial of Cecil V. Sessum for the January 1966 murder of Vernon Dahmer and the firebombing of his house and store. Cecil Sessum poses with his mother, Velma Sessum. Index Terms: Civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 Forrest County (Miss.)--History Sessum, Cecil V. Sessum, Cecil V.--Trials, litigation, etc.--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Sessum, Velma Trials--Mississippi--Hattiesburg