WHEN EVIL LIVED IN LAUREL: The "White Knights" and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer

In early 1966, Vernon Dahmer, well known in south Mississippi as a chief advocate for Black voting rights, was murdered by the KKK's White Knights. A year before, Tom Landrum, an unassuming member of a family with deep Mississippi roots, had joined the Klan to become an FBI informant, and risked his life to penetrate the White Knights' secret circles. Photos.