Jonathan M. Daniels

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Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.

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Jonathan M. Daniels canonical 2

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instanceOf Episcopal seminarian
civil rights activist
human
activeYearsEndTime 1965
activeYearsStartTime 1960
almaMater Episcopal Theological School
Harvard University
Virginia Military Institute
burialPlace Keene, New Hampshire
surface form: Keene, New Hampshire, United States
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
commemoratedBy Jonathan Daniels and Martyrs of Alabama feast day
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1939-03-20
dateOfDeath 1965-08-20
describedBySource Episcopal Church hagiographies
civil rights movement histories
educatedAt Episcopal Theological School
Harvard University
Virginia Military Institute
ethnicGroup white American
familyName Daniels
feastDayInEpiscopalChurch August 14
fieldOfWork racial equality
social justice
givenName Jonathan
hasMemorial Jonathan Daniels marker at Virginia Military Institute
Jonathan Daniels memorial in Hayneville, Alabama
hasStudent Ruby Sales (as a youth he mentored and protected)
honoredIn Episcopal Church liturgical calendar
surface form: Episcopal Church (United States) calendar of saints
killedBy Tom Coleman
knownFor protecting Ruby Sales from being shot
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath homicide
movement American civil rights movement
notableEvent arrest and imprisonment in Hayneville, Alabama, in 1965
release from Hayneville jail shortly before his death
notableWork participation in the Selma voting rights campaign
occupation civil rights activist
seminarian
participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
surface form: Selma to Montgomery campaign

voter registration efforts in Alabama
placeOfActivism Lowndes County, Alabama, United States
Selma, Alabama
surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States
placeOfBirth Keene, New Hampshire
surface form: Keene, New Hampshire, United States
placeOfDeath Hayneville, Alabama, United States
religion Christianity
religiousDenomination Episcopal Church
surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
sexOrGender male

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Virginia Military Institute hasNotableAlumni Jonathan M. Daniels
VMI hasNotableAlumni Jonathan M. Daniels
subject surface form: Virginia Military Institute