Jonathan Daniels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jonathan Daniels

Episcopal seminarian

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1939

Place of Birth: Keene, New Hampshire, United States

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1965

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist.
In 1965, he was murdered by a shotgun-wielding construction worker, Tom Coleman, who was a special county deputy, in Hayneville, Alabama, while in the act of shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales.
He saved the life of the young black civil rights activist.
They were both working in the 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.