Vernon Dahmer

Vernon Dahmer
Born
Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer

(1908-03-10)March 10, 1908
DiedJanuary 10, 1966(1966-01-10) (aged 57)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Organization(s)NAACP, SNCC, COFO
MovementCivil rights movement
Spouses
Warnie Laura Mott
(m. 1928; div. 1935)
Ora Lee Smith
(m. 1938; died 1950)
Ellie Jewel Davis
(m. 1952)

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]

  1. ^ "Fire Bombs Destroy Home; Negro Leader Burned, Dies". Chicago Tribune. January 11, 1966. p. 7.