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Mississippi university honoring civil rights activist Dahmer

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer honored with statue

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Ellie Dahmer, wife of Vernon Dahmer of Hattiesburg, who was killed in 1966 by the Ku Klux Klan, reacts as she recognized a subject in one of the exhibits in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum during a private preview Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. Dahmer was targeted because he encouraged fellow African-Americans to register to vote during the Jim Crow era. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Slain activist’s family sees Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press