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The Resource When evil lived in Laurel : the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer, Curtis Wilkie, (electronic resource)

When evil lived in Laurel : the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer, Curtis Wilkie, (electronic resource)

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"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 violent sects of the KKK in the South-which carried out his murder in a raid that burned down his home and store. A riveting account of the incident and its aftermath, When Evil Lived in Laurel is a tale of obsession, in which the infamous Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers became so fixated on killing Dahmer that the bungled attack ultimately led to Bowers's downfall and the destruction of his virulently racist organization. Drawing on the diary of a former Klan infiltrator who risked his life to help break the White Knights, veteran journalist Curtis Wilkie brings fresh light to this chapter in the history of civil rights in the South"--
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eng
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When evil lived in Laurel : the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer
Title
When evil lived in Laurel
Title remainder
the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer
Statement of responsibility
Curtis Wilkie
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
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 violent sects of the KKK in the South-which carried out his murder in a raid that burned down his home and store. A riveting account of the incident and its aftermath, When Evil Lived in Laurel is a tale of obsession, in which the infamous Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers became so fixated on killing Dahmer that the bungled attack ultimately led to Bowers's downfall and the destruction of his virulently racist organization. Drawing on the diary of a former Klan infiltrator who risked his life to help break the White Knights, veteran journalist Curtis Wilkie brings fresh light to this chapter in the history of civil rights in the South"--
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Biography type
contains biographical information
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Wilkie, Curtis
Dewey number
305.8009762/55
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.93.M6
LC item number
W55 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand
  • Landrum, Tom
  • Bowers, Samuel Holloway
  • Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
  • United States
  • African Americans
  • African American civil rights workers
  • Laurel (Miss.)
Target audience
adult
Label
When evil lived in Laurel : the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer, Curtis Wilkie, (electronic resource)
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http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteId=372&titleId=5799615
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
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unknown
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1 online resource
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Isbn
9781324005766
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rdamedia
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105c05f8-1900-496e-ad60-4fe5f5de5be8
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Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1256670300
Label
When evil lived in Laurel : the "White Knights" and the murder of Vernon Dahmer, Curtis Wilkie, (electronic resource)
Link
http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteId=372&titleId=5799615
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781324005766
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
105c05f8-1900-496e-ad60-4fe5f5de5be8
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1256670300

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