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The firebombed home of Vernon Dahmer. AP Photo. Around two in the morning on January 10, 1966—40 years ago Tuesday—African-American civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer and his family were awakened by the sound of honking horns outside their farmhouse, some five miles north of Hattiesburg. As they scrambled out of bed, two carloads of Ku ...
6 de ago. de 2021 · The home of Vernon Dahmer, a Black civil rights activist in Laurel., Miss., was firebombed by local Ku Klux Klan members in January 1968. Dahmer died of his injuries shortly afterward.
For years, Vernon Dahmer and his wife, Elli, had slept in shifts to keep watch over their home in anticipation of attacks from local white residents. As a successful Black businessman and NAACP leader active in the voting rights movement, Mr. Dahmer and his family were the targets of local white residents' hostility and violent attacks.
Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer was born March 10, 1908, to George and Ellen Dahmer of Forrest County, Mississippi. He attended Bay Spring High School and in March 1952 married Ellie Jewell Davis of Rose Hill. Vernon and Ellie were the parents of seven sons and one daughter. The family home in north Forrest county was part of the Kelly Settlement area.
3 de ene. de 2016 · “Vernon Dahmer’s saying was, ‘If you don’t vote, you don’t count,’” said Gordon Martin Jr., a one-time Justice Department lawyer involved in the fight who has since written the book ...
Vernon Dahmer Memorial 630 Main St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401 Narrator: Cameron Rackley Historical Narration: Ellie Dahmer Listen to Audio Tour Next: Stop 10 Vernon F. Dahmer, Sr. (1908 - 1966), a farmer, businessman, and Civil Rights leader widely known for his belief that "if you don't vote, you don't count," was killed defending his home and
10 de nov. de 2017 · Vernon Dahmer was a farmer and shop owner and served as president of the Forrest County NAACP. His family’s home was a haven for young civil rights workers who were challenging state-sponsored racial oppression, and he became a Klan target in January 1966 when he went on the radio and announced he would pay the poll tax for people who couldn’t afford it.
