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School Library Journal - 07/01/2016 Gr 8 Up—In a masterly demonstration of scholarly research and nonfiction writing, the Wallaces have crafted a powerful biographical narrative of civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels. Daniels traveled to Alabama in 1965 to participate in the Selma to Montgomery March, and he stayed on to become a part of the African American community there. Daniels worked alongside Stokely Carmichael, John Lewis, and other key activists in the civil rights struggle and ultimately lost his life in the violent aftermath of the efforts to secure voting rights for African Americans in Lowndes County. More than merely delineating the dates and places of Daniels's life and death, this work provides copious photographs, intimate interviews, and a variety of primary source documents to clearly reveal the deep South of the 1960s with all of its disparities, prejudices, terrors, and injustices. While there are many historical details in the narrative, careful annotations and thorough indexing help readers keep track of the many players and scenes in this true-life drama. The authors have created a biography that brings to light the life and legacy of a lesser-known civil rights activist. The oppression of segregation and the violent means used to maintain it are depicted in shocking detail here, making the book more appropriate for mature readers. VERDICT This visually stunning and morally significant history is highly recommended for all high school collections.—Kelly Kingrey-Edwards, Blinn Junior College, Brenham, TX - Copyright 2016 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 08/01/2016 *Starred Review* Outside of his hometown (Keene, New Hampshire), the name Jonathan Daniels isn’t well known, but it should be. A seminarian in 1965, when Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to churches and seminaries asking for help to bear the burden of ending racial injustice in the South, Daniels, a white Northerner, answered the call. In full knowledge that his life was at risk wearing a clerical collar and pushing for integration, racial equality, and justice, he worked for voting rights in Selma and nearby Lowndes County, where he was jailed, released, and shot in front of witnesses. After his murderer was freed by a local jury, a related lawsuit ended “the all-white, all-male juries of the Southern Justice System.” Novelist Rich Wallace (Wrestling Sturbridge, 1996) and Sandra Neil Wallace follow up Babe Conquers the World (2014) with a thoroughly researched, meticulously documented biography that is interesting from the start but increasingly absorbing as Daniels travels south and becomes engaged in the day-to-day work of the civil rights struggle in Alabama. The many well-chosen photos show up beautifully on the large, glossy pages. The riveting story of one individual among the many working for civil rights during the 1960s. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.

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