The bio of vernon dahmer

Hattiesburg native Vernon Dahmer lost his life in 1966 to men who didn't think Black people deserved the right to vote.

Dahmer never set out to become a martyr.

He was a family man. A farmer. A businessman who ran a general store.

But he also was a man of integrity and a man who believed that all U.S. citizens should have the right to vote.

The bio of vernon dahmer md

Dahmer, who was Black, would help other Black men and women fill out forms so they could attempt to register to vote. He would even help them pay the hefty poll taxes that were required of all voters.

He made an impact in his community, but was hated by members of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who made death threats in hopes of stopping Dahmer.

On Jan.

10, 1966, they took those threats to a new level. The men fired their guns into the Dahmer house, then fire-bombed it. Inside, Dahmer roused his family and helped them escape as he fired into th