Jan. 10, 1966 Vernon F. Dahmer. Sr. Statue was dedicated and unveiled during a ceremony at the Forrest County Courthouse Monday, January 6, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America Vernon Dahmer Sr. defended his family from a KKK attack at their home near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The farmer, businessman, entrepreneur and NAACP leader had dedicated his life to voting rights. Upset by his work on voting rights in the African-American community, Klansmen firebombed the family’s home while they were sleeping and began firing their guns into the home. Dahmer grabbed his shotgun and fired back at Klansmen, enabling his family to escape safely out a bac
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