Three men, possibly guards, standing next to a car parked outside the Lowndes County courthouse in Hayneville, Alabama, during the trial of Thomas Coleman.
The men are wearing hard hats and holsters, and they are holding clubs. Coleman shot and killed civil rights worker Jonathan M. Daniels in Hayneville on August 20; he was charged only with manslaughter and was found not guilty. An article about the trial ("Coleman Tried Among Friends") app...
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| Summary: | The men are wearing hard hats and holsters, and they are holding clubs. Coleman shot and killed civil rights worker Jonathan M. Daniels in Hayneville on August 20; he was charged only with manslaughter and was found not guilty. An article about the trial ("Coleman Tried Among Friends") appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for October 3-4, 1965, and a photo spread ("Lowndes County Justice") appeared on page 3 of the paper for October 9-10, 1965. Both issues are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol1_No12_1965_10_03.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol1_No13_1965_10_09.pdf |
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