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Dr. Felix Henry Dunn

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This marker is located near Dr. Dunn's office on 38th Avenue.

The text of the marker:
DR. FELIX HENRY DUNN

An African American physician, lived and practiced medicine here fron 1953 until 2002.  His work to register African American voters provoked repeated death threats and fire bombing of his clinic.  He was president of the Gulfport Branch NAACP and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., treating injured protestors during the Selma to Montgomery marches.  A champion of public housing and Head Start centers, Dr. Dunn was the first African American to serve on the Harrison County Development Commission
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Photo courtesy of Joe and Sarah Casey.

 

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