New book teaches kids about Civil Rights martyr Vernon Dahmer

New book teaches kids about Civil Rights martyr Vernon Dahmer

Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer is one of the 40 names etched into a monument honoring martyrs at the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery. But most of the crowd gathered there Monday night to hear from his granddaughter-in-law Shelly Dahmer seemed to be hearing his story for the first time. The Southern Poverty Law Center arranged the event for Dahmer to share about her new book targeted at upper elementary kids: “‘If You Don’t Vote, You Don’t Co…