Sam H. Bowers Jr., left, and Deavours Nix, right, were among 13 alleged Mississippi Ku Klux Klansmen ordered by a U. S. Commissioner here 4/12 bound over to a federal grand jury on civil rights charges in connection with the firebomb death of Negro Leader Vernon Dahmer Jan. 10. The two were together shortly before the Hearing before Commissioner Jack Pittman.

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Sam H. Bowers Jr., left, and Deavours Nix, right, were among 13 alleged Mississippi Ku Klux Klansmen ordered by a U. S. Commissioner here 4/12 bound over to a federal grand jury on civil rights charges in connection with the firebomb death of Negro Leader Vernon Dahmer Jan. 10. The two were together shortly before the Hearing before Commissioner Jack Pittman.

United Press International · [ca. April 1966]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ku Klux Klan

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