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When evil lived in Laurel : the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer

Wilkie, Curtis

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Summary: "The inside story of how a courageous FBI informant helped to bring down the KKK chapter responsible for a brutal civil rights-era killing. By early 1966, the civil rights work of Vernon Dahmer, head of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP and a dedicated advocate for voter registration, was well-known in Mississippi. This put him in the crosshairs of the White Knights, one of the most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021

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