Daniels, Jonathan Myrick, 1939-1965

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Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was a civil rights activist. In 1965, he was killed by a special county deputy, Tom Coleman, in Hayneville, Alabama, while in the act of shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales.
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referencedIn Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (U.S.). Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity chapter files, 1960-1970. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Civil Rights History Project collection Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)
referencedIn Papers, 1810-1984 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (U.S.). Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity project files, 1960-1970. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Claude Barnett and the Associated Negro Press, 1976-1977 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
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Hayneville AL US
Keene NH US
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Birth 1939-03-20

Death 1965-08-20

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