Two men walking down a staircase in the Lowndes County courthouse in Hayneville, Alabama, during the trial of Thomas Coleman.

The woman on the left is possibly the defendant's wife. 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 pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/1896
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Summary:The woman on the left is possibly the defendant's wife. 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