14 Facts About Jonathan Daniels

Jonathan Myrick Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist.

Jonathan Daniels saved the life of the young Black civil rights activist.

In 1991, Jonathan Daniels was designated as a martyr in the Episcopal church, and is recognized annually in its calendar.

Jonathan Daniels considered a career in the ministry as early as high school and joined the Episcopal Church as a young man.

Jonathan Daniels attended local schools before graduating from the Virginia Military Institute.

Jonathan Daniels began to question his religious faith during his sophomore year, possibly because his father died and his sister Emily suffered an extended illness at the same time.

In March 1965, Jonathan Daniels answered the call of Martin Luther King Jr.

In Selma, Jonathan Daniels stayed with the Wests, a local African-American family.

Jonathan Daniels helped assemble a list of federal, state, and local agencies that could provide assistance for those in need.

Jonathan Daniels tutored children, helped poor locals apply for aid, and worked to register voters.

Jonathan Daniels pushed Sales down and caught the full blast of the shotgun and was instantly killed.

Jonathan Daniels refused to wait until Morrisroe had recovered enough to testify and removed Flowers from the case.

Jonathan Daniels died at the age of 86 on June 13,1997, without having faced further prosecution.

Jonathan Daniels worked as a human rights advocate in Washington, DC, and founded an inner-city mission dedicated to Daniels.