Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage in Hayneville marks progress, reminds of civil rights work remaining

From Alabama-

 The judge’s bench from which the murderer of Jonathan Myrick Daniels was declared “not guilty” in 1965 was transformed Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, into the altar of Christian Communion in the courthouse of Hayneville, Ala.

Hayneville is midway between Montgomery and Selma and just south of the highway bloodied during the 1960s struggle for civil rights for African-Americans.

“I hope you recognize the irony of sitting in this room – where such injustice was done – as we remember that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” said the Honorable Judge Adrian Johnson, current Lowndes County District Judge.

Johnson welcomed about 300 pilgrims from around the U.S. for the 15th annual anniversary of the Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage.

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