This happened in my hometown. Even though Mississippi History was a mandatory class- we didn’t learn about This in school. The classes taught an incomplete history of Mississippi and America. Instead, These were the stories our mothers & Aunties shared with us to make us aware.
Vernon Dahmer was a Black Businessman in Hattiesburg, MS. Jan. 9, 1966 he announced on the radio he would pay the poll tax for Black Mississippians who wanted to vote. Jan. 10 The Klan bombed His home killing him. Organized Black Power has always terrified America. It still does