Jonathan Daniels | |
|---|---|
 Daniels (far right), c. 1960s | |
| Seminarian and civil rights activist | |
| Born | Jonathan Myrick Daniels March 20, 1939 Keene, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 1965 (aged 26) Hayneville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Venerated in | Anglican Communion |
| Feast | 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] He saved the life of the young Black civil rights activist. They were both working in the nonviolent civil rights movement in Lowndes County to integrate public places and register Black voters after passage of the Voting Rights Act that summer. Daniels' death generated further support for the civil rights movement.
In 1991, Daniels was designated as a martyr in the Episcopal church, and is recognized annually in its calendar.[2][3]
- ^ "50 Years Ago, A White Seminarian Gave His Life to the Civil Rights Movement". NPR. August 20, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sanborn2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ His image is included in the webpage of St Andrew's Episcopal Church of Birmingham, Alabama, see http://www.standrews-birmingham.org/