Minor Daniels was a JCPS teacher and administrator actively involved in the community for many years. He served as a teacher at Meyzeek Middle School and as an administrator in various positions including Director of Community Organization and Neighborhood Operations where he assisted in establishing Neighborhood Stations now named Neighborhood Places. He was instrumental in establishing the addition of the United Negro College Fund as a donation option for JCPS employees. Mr. Daniels was passionate about transforming the community so that everyone would have an opportunity to better themselves.

Mr. Daniels grew up in the Russell and Portland neighborhoods and graduated from Louisville Male High School. He attended Kentucky State College (now Kentucky State University) and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, and a Master of Science in Education from Indiana University.

In honor of Mr. Daniels, the alternative school known as Buechel Metroplitian School was renamed

Minor Daniels Academy on July 27, 2015.