"I've been active in trying to get people to register to vote. People who don't vote are deadbeats on the state. I figure a man needs to do his own thinking. What happened to us last night can happen to anyone, white or black. At one time I didn't think so, but I have changed my mind." Vernon Dahmer -
On January 6, 1966, a man had closed his business, he, his wife, and their children begin the nightly ritual of settling down to be. They had been in nightly shift because of the death threats being received nightly.
This Man was Civil Rights Leader Vernon Dahmer of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and president if it’s local county NAACP in Forrest County, MS. Mr. Dahmer was born of a biracial family, his father was of German descent, and his mother was biracial, she was born a slave holder, and a slave. After Dahmer’s birth he was given away to a Black family to be raised by. Dalmer never finished high school and chose to le…
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