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Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Released
Date of birth:20. 03. 1939
Date of death:20. 08. 1965
Age:26 Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Time Imprisoned:
6 Days
Support
Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity
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Biography

Jonathan Myrick Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights worker. After six days in jail, he was killed protecting Ruby Sales.

Case

Charges: Disturbing the peace and parading without a permit (contemporary SNCC report)
Arrested: Aug 14, 1965
Incarcerated: Aug 14, 1965
Released: Aug 20, 1965
Sentence: Pretrial detention at Lowndes County Jail, Hayneville; released August 20, 1965. No individual sentencing judgment verified.