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Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1911 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal (1990)
- Selma to Montgomery marches
- Bill Boynton Jr. and, Bruce Carver Boynton
- Civil Rights Movement
Amelia Boynton Robinson war eine US-amerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin und galt als eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Bürgerrechtsbewegung sowie als eine der herausragenden Mitarbeiterinnen von Martin Luther King. Eine Schlüsselrolle kam ihr beim Zustandekommen des historischen Voting Rights Act von 1965 zu.
3. Apr. 2014 · Amelia Boynton 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 became known as Bloody Sunday. She was the first African American woman and the first female Democratic candidate to run for a seat in Congress from Alabama. She died in 2015 at the age of 104.
29. Nov. 2015 · A biography of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who registered to vote, organized marches, and served as a candidate for a U.S. House seat in the South. Learn about her life, activism, and legacy in the context of the Civil Rights Movement and the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama.
4. Sept. 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights pioneer who registered African American voters, wrote a play, and ran for Congress in 1964. Find out how she was involved in the Bloody Sunday march, the LaRouche Movement, and the Schiller Institute.
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 rights march...
26. Aug. 2015 · Learn about Amelia Boynton Robinson, a pioneer in the fight for voting rights and the first Black woman to run for Congress from Alabama. She was beaten at Bloody Sunday and honored by President Obama.
