Tag: Bloody Lowndes

“Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights” Written by Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace

Jonathan Daniels, a white seminary student from New Hampshire, traveled to Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to help with voter registration of black residents. After the voting rights marches, he remained in Alabama, in the area known as “Bloody Lowndes,” an extremely dangerous area for white freedom fighters, to assist civil rights workers. Five months later, […]

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