Vernon Dahmer
American civil rights activist (1908–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Born | Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer (1908-03-10)March 10, 1908 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | January 10, 1966(1966-01-10) (aged 57) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
Organization(s) | NAACP, SNCC, COFO |
Movement | Civil rights movement |
Spouses | Warnie Laura Mott
(m. 1928; div. 1935)Ora Lee Smith
(m. 1938; died 1950)Ellie Jewel Davis (m. 1952) |
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