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Jonathan Daniels

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The Resume

    (March 20, 1939-August 20, 1965)
    Born in Keene, New Hampshire
    Died in Hayneville, Alabama
    Episcopal clergyman
    Gunned down in front of a grocery store at 26

Why he might be annoying:

    He smoked a pipe.
    His middle name was 'Myrick.'
    He dropped out of Harvard to enter seminary school.

Why he might not be annoying:

    When attending a civil rights picket in Alabama, he and several other protesters were confronted by a gun-wielding white man as they bought sodas at an integrated store.
    When the gunman, Tom L. Coleman, pointed the pistol at seventeen-year-old Ruby Sales, Daniels pushed her out of the way, and took the bullet.
    He died instantly.
    His killer was acquitted by an all-white jury.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 42 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 35 Votes: 22.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 48.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 71 Votes: 36.62% Annoying