[1]Reverend Vernon Nathaniel Dobson (October 29, 1923 – January 26, 2013)[2] was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dobson was a member of the self-titled "Goon Squad," a group of Baltimore-based ministers and lawyers who advocated for civil rights.
In 1967 they sought the reinstatement of Joseph C. Howard Sr., a prosecutor who had exposed Baltimore's unequal treatment of rape victims based on their race.
[2][11] Reverend Dobson worked with many of the legendary civil rights activists of Baltimore, including Walter P. Carter, Parren J. Mitchell, Rev.
Marion Bascom[12] of Douglass Memorial Community Church, Sampson "Sam" Green, Rev.
Wendell H. Phillips of Heritage United Church of Christ,[13] Chester Wickwire, and Samuel T. Daniels, Sr. of the Prince Hall Masons.