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August 14. Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965, he was killed by Tom Coleman, a highway worker and part-time deputy sheriff, in Hayneville, Alabama, while in the act of shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales from a racist attack. [1]
August 20, 20154:32 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By. Melanie Peeples. 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. Jonathan Daniels is a little-known civil rights martyr who died 50 years ago. The...
Apr 15, 2015 · Larry Benaquist is professor emeritus at Keene State and one of the makers of the 1999 documentary “Here I Am, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels,” which will air on New Hampshire...
Aug 12, 2015 · August 12, 2015. Fifty years have passed since the murder of civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels by an angry segregationist in Lowndes County, Ala., but those who knew Mr. Daniels say his...
13 years ago. Episcopal Marketplace. In this award winning documentary we explore the life of a modern Christian martyr who gave his life bravely defending a young woman in Alabama during the civil rights era.
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Aug 18, 2015 · Jonathan Daniels was clearly listening. Born in 1939 in Keene, New Hampshire, Jonathan had deep roots in New England. He was a typical kid: going to music camp, attending church, falling in love, and enjoying the company of a steadfast group of friends who still remember him with laughter and fondness.
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Jul 30, 2015 · One of the people who took up Dr King’s call was Jonathan Daniels – a seminarian at the Episcopal Theological School (ETS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On 14 August 1965, Daniels was with a group of 29 protestors who were picketing “whites only” stores in Fort Deposit, Alabama. All were arrested and taken to the nearby town of Hayneville.
