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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jonathan_DanielsJonathan Daniels - Wikipedia

    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]

  3. kinginstitute.stanford.edu › daniels-jonathan-myrickDaniels, Jonathan Myrick | The Martin Luther King, Jr ...

    Daniels, Jonathan Myrick. March 20, 1939 to August 20, 1965. A seminary student who responded to Martin Luther King’s call for participants in the Selma to Montgomery March, Daniels was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff in Hayneville, Alabama, who was later acquitted of the crime.

  4. www.episcopalnewsservice.org › 2015/08/13Remembering Jonathan Daniels 50 years after his martyrdom

    Aug 13, 2015 · In 1991, to mark 25 years since his death, Daniels’ Class of 1966 established the Jonathan Myrick Daniels Memorial Lectureship to regularly bring leaders in social ethics to the campus. The Episcopal Church added Daniels to its Lesser Feasts and Fasts calendar of commemorations in 1994. His feast day is Aug. 14, the day of his arrest.

  5. encyclopediaofalabama.org › article › jonathanDaniels, Jonathan Myrick - Encyclopedia of Alabama

    Mar 27, 2023 · Jonathan Myrick Daniels Jonathan Myrick Daniels (1939-1965), an Episcopal seminarian, spent little time in Alabama, but the influence of his life, work, and tragic death in Lowndes County is immeasurable. Committed to civil rights and social justice, his efforts in the Black Belt of Alabama and his murder in August 1965 helped draw attention to ...

  6. millercenter.org › the-presidency › educationalThe Murder of Civil Rights Activist Jonathan Daniels

    On August 20, 1965, Jonathan Daniels and several other civil rights activists wanted to buy a coke after getting out of jail. A few minutes later, the 26-year-old Episcopal seminary student lay dead in Alabama, having stepped in front of a shotgun blast intended for a fellow activist, Ruby Sales.

  7. www.episcopalnewsservice.org › 2020/08/17Episcopal martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels honored in online ...

    Aug 17, 2020 · Photo: Archives of The Episcopal Church. Daniels, a 26-year-old seminarian originally from Keene, New Hampshire, was killed Aug. 20, 1965, in Hayneville, Alabama, near Selma, where he had joined others advocating for African Americans’ civil rights.

  8. www.npr.org › 2015/08/20 › 43325768050 Years Ago, A White Seminarian Gave His Life To The Civil ...

    Aug 20, 2015 · ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Fifty years ago today, August 20, 1965, Jonathan Daniels was killed in Alabama. He was shot while saving the life of a young black activist. Melanie Peeples brings us a...