From Alabama (with video)-Hundreds of people from all over the country poured into Hayneville on Saturday to remember a Civil Rights activist and martyr.
The annual event is called the Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage, and honors not only him but others who were killed in Alabama during the 1960's Civil Rights movement.
Jonathan Myrick Daniels is regarded as a hero. A Civil Rights martyr who fought and gave his life for the freedom of others.
"At that moment of death, you have no idea what legacy you leave behind," said Atlanta resident Janice Jerome.
The Episcopal seminarian was a civil rights activist and one day after being jailed for picketing an all white store, he was released. Daniels along with three other people, another white man and two black teens, then headed to a store to buy cold drinks.
More here-
http://www.wsfa.com/story/26242964/event-held-in-lowndes-co-honors-fallen-civil-rights-activist
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