The City of Hattiesburg opened a new playground at Vernon Dahmer Park on March 18, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by city officials, community ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - After a year of renovations, the Vernon Dahmer playground is back open! The city held a ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon to mark the occasion. The project included ...

NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer and the killings of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Miss. Elliott has profiled key figures in politics and the arts, including former Attorney General Jeff ...

NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer and the killings of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Miss. Elliott has profiled key figures in politics and the arts, including former Attorney General Jeff ...

in 1964. In a separate indictment, the grand jury charged twelve men with conspiring to “intimidate, threaten, and coerce” Hattiesburg Farmer Vernon Dahmer, who died when his home was fire ...

Among the most moving inclusions are the “mug shots of every Freedom Rider arrested in Mississippi” and the “stories of civil rights veterans such as Fannie Lou Hamer, Vernon Dahmer, and Medgar Evers.