(VMI) and valedictorian of his class, and was studying at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sales was so traumatized by Daniels' murder that she nearly lost the ability to speak for the next seven months. Despite death threats made to her and her family, Sales resolved to testify at Tom Coleman's trial. He was acquitted by a jury of 12 white men and said in a CBS television interview a year after the killings that he had no regrets, declaring, "I would shoot them both tomorrow." Continued civil rights activism Sales went on to attend Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, successor institution to the seminary Daniels had attended. She has worked as a human rights advocate in Washington, D.C., and across the south. The Spirit House Project Sales founded the Spirit House Project, a non-profit organization and inner-city mission dedicated to Daniels. Starting in 2007, the Spirit House Project documented over 2,000 state-sanctioned deaths against Black people. 98 percent of those counted in that number were unarmed. "It is not by accident that Black Lives Matter is a theme today," said Sales. She believes "Black Lives Matter" has always been a theme of the fight for justice even in slavery. At a 2014 conference she organized in Washington, DC, Sales contended that saying "All Lives Matter" as a response to the slogan "Black Lives Matter" is an act that perpetuates White nationalism. The Conference was titled "What's Behind the Wave of Police and Vigilante Killings of Black People?" (April 22, 2014, Washington, DC). The conference was coordinated by Sales and Cheryl Blankenship. References Bibliography Originally published as The Jon Daniels Story: with his Letters and Papers (New York: Seabury Press, 1967). Originally published under same title by the University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, 1993). . External links The Spirit House Project, a non-profit organization founded and directed by Sales in honor of Jonathan Daniels "Ruby Sales Says Keep on Fighting for Justice," August 27, 2015. Episcopal Diocese of Washington. OnBeing w/Krista Tippet, WAMU; guest Ruby Sales, September 15, 2016 Retrieved October 5, 2016 1948 births Living people People from Chilton County, Alabama American civil rights activists Episcopal Divinity School alumni Activists from Alabama African-American activists 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people