African-American civil rights leader Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, Sr., was president of the Forest County chapter of the NAACP in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Born on March 10, 1908, in Forrest County, Mississippi, he was the son of Ellen Louvenia Kelly and George Dahmer. His mother was born to a white slave owner and one of his slaves. […]
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