Klansman In Custody: Devours Nix is escorted by Federal agents after his arrest on Civil Rights charges stemming from the slaying of black leader Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, Sr. The FBI identified Nix as an investigator for the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, Sr. (1908– 1966) was a leader with the Civil Rights Movement and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He was murdered by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan for his work on recruiting blacks to vote.

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: date stamp.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Arrest
• Civil Rights Movements
• Devours Nix
• Federal agents
• Hate crimes
• Hattiesburg
• Injustice
• Murder
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Racial Discrimination
• Vernon Dahmer, Sr.
• Voting Rights
• Voting Rights

• Image Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (24.29 x 17.94 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack
• Sheet Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in. (25.24 x 20.48 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack