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Sheila Michaels circa 1990s stares straight at the camera with a serious face. She is standing on a rocky coastline with her back to a body of water. Land is visible beyond the water. Her hair is short, she is wearing an olive-colored heavy coat, glasses, and black and silver earrings, and holding a bouquet of wildflowers. A light green shoulder strap is across her body with a button that reads "WAR IS TERRORISM".
Sheila Michaels is with her back to water and hills holding a bouquet of wildflowers circa the 1990s.

This newspaper article from the Daily Herald, dated Aug 30 1976, reads, "O'Keefe says city will not cooperate. Biloxi Mayor Jerry O'Keefe said Monday morning the city government does not plan to cooperate with the Ku Klux Klan. After his refusal to allow the Klan to hold a rally in International Plaza at Biloxi Saturday, the KKK moved to North Biloxi. O'Keefe told The Daily Herald Monday, "The city of Biloxi will continue to be uncooperative toward the Klan or any other group which breeds on hate and fear and cowardice. City-owned property cannot be used for any illegal purposes and the administration's position is clear and unchanging.""
O'Keefe says city will not cooperate. O'Keefe refusal to allow Ku Klux Klan to hold a rally in International Plaza in Biloxi.

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Dignitaries with shovels turning the soil for groundbreaking for new museum. The red sign in the background reads, "Ohr-O'Keefe Museums Groundbreaking Ceremony. Pleasant Reed House Grand Opening. __15, 2003"
Special guests dig with shovels at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum

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A portrait image of Jerry J. O'Keefe in a black suit and black tie. The background is light gray. He appears to be 30-35 years old.
Jerry J. O'Keefe

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The photograph's color is sepia. The children of Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe I and Alice Cahill O'Keefe appear on the steps. (Left to right) Jeremiah J. "Ben" O'Keefe II, J. H. “Jody” O’Keefe, Mary C. O’Keefe, John A. W. O’Keefe. "Ben", "Jody", and Mary are seated and John is standing. All the men are in coats and ties and Mary is in a light summer dress holding a black patterned parasol.
(Left to Right) Jeremiah "Ben" O'Keefe II, J.H. “Jody” O’Keefe, Mary C. O’Keefe, John A. W. O’Keefe

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The O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi, MS with 2 men standing on the porch in front of the entrance. The sign above the entrance reads, "O'Keefe Funeral Service."
O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi, Mississippi

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The side view of the O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi, MS with 2 black hearses parked in the driveway. The name, "O'Keefe," is printed on the car door.
O’Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi with hearses

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Jeremiah Joseph "Jerry" O'Keefe III and Annette Rose Saxon on their wedding day. Jerry is in uniform and Annette is wearing a white dress with a floral hat. In lieu of a bouquet, Annette has more flowers on the shoulder of her dress.
Jeremiah Joseph "Jerry" O'Keefe III and Annette Rose Saxon on their wedding day

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Two men are standing in front of a building with two horse-drawn carriages. The building is a livery stable. The sign above the wide entrance reads, "J. O'Keefe Undertaker. Livery&Sale Stable. Phone 46."
2 horse carriages in front of J. O'Keefe Undertaker. Livery & Sale Stable.

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Jeremiah Joseph "Jerry " O'Keefe III in a suit and tie seated with a flag on either side of his chair.
Jeremiah Joseph “Jerry” O’Keefe, III

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