Curtis Wilkie

Curtis Wilkie covered civil rights activity in Mississippi in the 1960s and afterward served as a national and international correspondent for a quarter century at the Boston Globe. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

The Unlikely Heroes Who Brought Voting Rights to Mississippi

EXCERPT

Vernon Dahmer was a Black Mississippi farmer and storekeeper. John Doar was a white Wisconsin Republican from the Justice Department. Their unlikely partnership produced a miracle.

Curtis Wilkie | Published Jun 19, 2021