The timely importance of this moment

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In a follow-up interview in September 1998, Maurice spoke with the family after the August conviction and sentencing of the man responsible for the murder of Vernon Dahmer, Sr. thirty-two years after the event.  Reflecting on the recent trial and what was different from 1966, Mrs. Ellie Dahmer, Vernon Dahmer, Sr.’s widow said, “The climate in Mississippi has changed. People would tolerate what Sam Bowers did in the 1960s. I don’t think he had as many people to sympathize with him as he did then.”  

South Mississippi history was reinforced by

 The community response. In the March 1998 issue, a reader wrote, “A few words about this heart wrenching story about the plight of Mr. Dahmer and his family. In my opinion this man was truly committed, with great courage and no compromise. I will always remember the Dahmer family when I think of the Kings, Evers and Rosa Parks.”

Interview with and Tribute to Dr. Gilbert Mason

Maurice also interviewed civil rights leader Dr. Gilbert Mason of Biloxi. Widely known for leading the ‘Wade In’ protests in response to segregated beaches on the Mississippi Coast in the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Mason was a driving force for the Black community on the Coast and a long-serving president of Biloxi’s NAACP. Remembering the protests, Dr. Mason said, “A small group of us had gone to the beach in 1959 and had been threatened that if we didn’t leave the beach they would remove us. That happened before the sit ins in Greensboro. That was one of the first protest acts we knew of. The youth branch of the NAACP had done sit ins, but this was one of the first in the Deep South.”

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