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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.
Marcus “MJ” Daniels Jr., a defensive back at Southern Mississippi, was shot to death Tuesday night at an apartment complex in Hattiesburg, a coroner said. Daniels' body was sent to a medical ...
People from Hattiesburg, Mississippi (4 C, 49 P) P. ... Pages in category "People from Forrest County, Mississippi" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of ...
Before you break out the steaks and the beer, take a few moments to consider why we have a Memorial Day holiday, one Hattiesburg veteran suggests. Memorial Day events in Hattiesburg area put ...
Even after passage of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, white resistance continued in Mississippi and Hattiesburg. On the night of January 10, 1966, the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan attacked the Hattiesburg home of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer with firebombs and gunfire. Dahmer was the most prominent ...
Pages in category "Forrest County, Mississippi" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Hattiesburg American; M. Mother of Pearl (novel) W.
Jennifer Adcock (born 1980), Miss Mississippi 2002 and Miss Mississippi USA 2005 (Hattiesburg) Kristi Addis (born 1971), Miss Teen USA 1987 ; Susan Akin (born 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and Miss America 1986 ; Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020
In 1907, the Hattiesburg Progress was acquired by The Hattiesburg Daily News. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the Hattiesburg American. The Hattiesburg American was purchased by the Harmon family in the 1920s and was sold to the Hederman family in 1960. [2] Gannett acquired the newspaper in 1982.