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The Black and White Partners 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.

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