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Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1905 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson (Savannah, Georgia, 18 de agosto de 1911-Montgomery, Alabama, 26 de agosto de 2015) [1] fue una activista estadounidense. Líder del Movimiento por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos en Selma (Alabama) y una figura clave en el Domingo Sangriento en 1965.
3 de abr. de 2014 · Black History. Amelia Boynton Robinson was a civil rights pioneer who championed voting rights for African Americans. She was brutally beaten for helping to lead a 1965 civil rights march,...
29 de nov. de 2015 · Amelia Boynton Robinson died on August 26, 2015, not long after having viewed her role in Bloody Sunday depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Selma. Her life represents the deep roots of civil rights activism in the rural South and the important role of African American women within these grassroots traditions.
4 de sept. de 2007 · Biography. Digital Archive. Civil rights pioneer Amelia Boynton Robinson was born on August 18, 1911, in Savannah, Georgia. As a young lady, Robinson became very active in women’s suffrage. In 1934, at the age of twenty-three, Robinson became one of the few registered African American voters.
27 de ago. de 2015 · Aug. 26, 2015. Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was called the matriarch of the voting rights movement — and whose photograph, showing her beaten, gassed and left for dead in the epochal civil...
26 de ago. de 2015 · Amelia Boynton Robinson. Photo taken 2015. Photo by Ianbailey1983 CC BY-SA-4.0 (Wikimedia) Quick Facts. Significance: Civil rights activist. Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia. Date of Birth: August 18, 1911. Place of Death: Montgomery, Alabama. Date of Death: August 26, 2015. Place of Burial: Unknown.
