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Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (April 17, 1912 – August 29, 1992) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama . Early life. Born Jo Ann Gibson, [1] near Culloden, Georgia, on April 17, 1912, [2] she was the youngest of twelve children. [3] .
With the opening of the National American History and Culture, courageous African American women like Jo Ann Robinson are finally receiving the recognition they so richly deserve. I hope all take pride in helping bring the forgotten stories of unheralded African American heroes into the spotlight, elevating the African American experience to ...
(1912-1992) Who Was Jo Ann Robinson? After a verbally abusive encounter on a segregated city bus, Jo Ann Robinson became an advocate for equal rights for African Americans. She led a...
Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson. April 17, 1912 to August 29, 1992. An instrumental figure in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott, Jo Ann Robinson was an outspoken critic of the treatment of African Americans on public transportation. In his memoir, Stride Toward Freedom, Martin Luther King said of Robinson: “Apparently indefatigable ...
The boycott was organized by WPC President Jo Ann Robinson. Montgomery’s African Americans Mobilize. As news of the boycott spread, African American leaders across Montgomery (Alabama’s...
May 30, 2009 contributed by: Dwayne Mack. Image courtesy Montgomery County Alabama Archives. Born on April 17, 1912 as the youngest of twelve children in Culloden, Georgia, Jo Ann Robinson would become a successful educator and famous civil rights activist.
Jo Ann Robinson was the president of WPC and a teacher at Alabama State College when the boycott started. She recognized the inequality for African Americans on public transportation, but was unable to gain support for a large-scale boycott. With the arrest of Parks, Robinson seized the opportunity to protest the bus system's systematic ...
