Keene State College Emeritus Professor Larry Benaquist presents the documentary film "Here Am I, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels." This is the true story of a young man from Keene NH who interrupted his studies for the Episcopal ministry to go south in March 1965 to work with Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael to assist with voter registration efforts in central Alabama. Extremely dangerous work, Jonathan stayed when others left. On August 20, 1965 he died while pulling a young African-American woman out of the line of fire of a deputy sheriff's gun. This film was made over a period of years by Larry Benaquist in collaboration with William Sullivan (also a retired KSC faculty member) and with the assistance of students from the KSC Film Studies program. Aired nationally on PBS, it continues to raise public awareness of the role northerners played in the civil rights movement. Larry Benaquist will introduce the film and be available for questions after the film. This event is free and open to the public.

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