aug. 9-11, 2013: jonathan daniels pilgrimage through lifelong learning at eds
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Lifelong Learning at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) is marking the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement by joining the Jonathan Daniels and All Martyrs Annual Pilgrimage In Hayneville, Alabama. The event starts in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, August 9th, with a visit to sites honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and moves on to the Civil Rights trail through Alabama on Saturday, August 10th. It concludes on Sunday the 11th. Come join us as EDS collaborates with the dioceses of Atlanta and Alabama to remember our nation's history, and to honor some of the martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement, including former Episcopal Theological School seminarian Jonathan Daniels.TRANSCRIPT
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“[W]e are indelibly and unspeakably one.” Jonathan Daniels
Join with Episcopal Divinity School to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement
through the Jonathan Daniels and All Martyrs Annual Pilgrimage
In Hayneville, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia Friday, August 9th, - Sunday August 11th 2013
A stop at a lunch counter. A thousand arms linked at the elbows. A firing line of water hoses. A pack of German Shepherds. A letter from a Birmingham jail. A world that would never be the same.
The year was 1963, and as the world watched, events in Birmingham sparked an unstoppable surge toward equal rights for people of all races. As Alabama marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, you can be there to remember some of its martyrs, including former Episcopal Theological School seminarian Jonathan Daniels.
Starting in 1999, the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama and other partners including the Commission on Race Relations and the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast have sponsored an annual pilgrimage to honor the lives of Jonathan Daniels and the 12 civil rights martyrs of Alabama. This year, Lifelong Learning at EDS is organizing a three day pilgrimage to join them, and to mark the 50th anniversary of the struggle that changed our nation.
The EDS pilgrimage starts on Friday Aug. 9th in Atlanta, Georgia, where participants will be received by the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, and will visit the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr., and the National Historic Site dedicated to his memory. On Saturday, participants will take the four hour bus journey to Hayneville, Alabama, to join other pilgrims for the Jonathan Myrick Daniels and All Martyrs Annual Pilgrimage.
The day’s events begin in Courthouse Square with a procession to the old county jail where Daniels and Ruby Sales were detained for a week along with twenty-two other people who participated in a voter rights demonstration in Fort Deposit, Alabama. The procession then moves to the old Cash Grocery Store where
Daniels died on Aug. 20 1965 shielding the 16-year old Sales. The pilgrimage concludes in the Courthouse where the man who killed Daniels was tried and acquitted. A service of Holy Communion takes place in the courtroom. EDS pilgrims will then either stay overnight with local hosts or journey back to Atlanta along the Civil Rights Trail.
Cost to participate is $75 and does not include travel to Atlanta, museum entrance fees, hotel accommodation (if desired) or meals. Registration deadline is Friday July 26th. A few limited travel scholarships are available. To register, or for more information, contact Diane D’Souza at Lifelong Learning at EDS: [email protected] or 617-682-1505.