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Vernon Dahmer. Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Sr. (March 10, 1908 – January 10, 1966) was an American civil rights movement leader 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 Black Americans to vote. [1]
Vernon Dahmer. Jan. 10, 1966. Hattiesburg, Miss. By the time he was middle-aged, Vernon Dahmer had overcome the handicaps of racial discrimination and a 10th-grade education to become a wealthy businessman. He owned a 200-acre commercial farm just north of Hattiesburg, Miss., as well as a sawmill and a grocery store.
Apr 21, 2020 · Vernon Dahmer, one of the most powerful racial justice leaders in the Piney Woods of southeast Mississippi, was killed in 1966 for his civil rights activism. Born on March 10, 1908, Dahmer’s parents were George and Ellen Dahmer of Forrest County, Mississippi. He graduated from Bay Springs High School and in March 1952, he married Ellie Jewel ...
Jun 5, 2023 · January 10, 2016 will mark the 50th anniversary of the murder of civil rights martyr and American hero, Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer. He was a civil rights leader, community leader, and businessman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In the early hours of January 10, 1966, members of the Ku Klux Klan shot into and firebombed the home he shared with his ...
Vernon Dahmer: Brief Background. Vernon and his wife Ellie Dahmer had a 200-acre farm, a small store, and an independent saw mill in north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They were one of the few prosperous Black families in southeast Mississippi, providing jobs and assistance for others in the community. Dahmer was a leader and prime mover of the ...
Jan 13, 2017 · Vernon Dahmer was a black civil rights leader in the mid-1960s, when Mississippians were still required to pay a poll tax in order to register to vote. In January 1966, the successful farmer and ...
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Vernon Dahmer. March 10, 1908 – January 10, 1966. Raised in Forrest County, Mississippi. Vernon Dahmer at his fish fry on July 4, 1964, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM. Vernon Dahmer dedicated his life to the power of the vote and the potential of young people. His determination to fight for voting rights taught two young SNCC ...
