Episode 76 - January 10, 1966

On January 10, 1966, a civil rights activist named Vernon Dahmer's house was set on fire with his family inside. His family was able to make it out safely. Vernon did not. Once again, we get mad in this one! We also spend some time in this episode talking about planer mills vs saw mills, and we also try to figure out where dragons come from. Follow us on social media! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Dahmer https://snccdigital.org/events/vernon-dahmer-murdered/ https://www.splcenter.org/vernon-dahmer https://www.jstor.org/stable/2207646 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20poll%20taxes,in%20state%20and%20local%20elections. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bowers https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/vernon-dahmer/ https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/voting-rights/vernon-dahmer-civil-rights https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_05c0bdff-a6ee-412d-adc8-08fb7c44f2a8/