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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 Boynton Robinson (* 18. August 1911 in Savannah, Georgia; † 26. August 2015 in Montgomery, Alabama) war eine US-amerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin und galt als eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Bürgerrechtsbewegung (African-American Civil Rights Movement) sowie als eine der herausragenden Mitarbeiterinnen von ...
3. Apr. 2014 · 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, which...
29. Nov. 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. Sept. 2007 · 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. Aug. 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. Aug. 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.
