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James Coyle
American priest (1873-1921) · United States · On the map · Religious Figures · Died at 48
James Edwin Coyle was an American Catholic priest who was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama, by a Ku Klux Klan member for performing a marriage between Pedro Gussman, a Puerto Rican Catholic, and a recent Catholic convert, Ruth Stephenson.
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The killer, E. R. Stephenson, was Ruth's father and opposed what he saw as an interracial union. He would ultimately be acquitted by a jury.
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Country
United States
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1873 to 1921 · aged 48
