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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.
Born on April 17, 1912, in Culloden, Georgia, Robinson distinguished herself early as the valedictorian of her high school class, went on to become the first person in her family to graduate from college, and then fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher.
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.
Jo-Ann Robinson. Actress: Hit Man. Robinson has been acting professionally for over thirty years in television, film, regional theater, voice-over work, and corporate training films.
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. After graduating from Fort Valley State College in 1934, she became a public school teacher in Macon, Georgia and married Wilbur Robinson for a brief time.
Jo Ann Robinson. Although not as well-known as Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King, Jr., Jo Ann Robinson (1912-1992) was perhaps the individual most instrumental in planning and publicizing the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, proposing the idea more than a year before it was implemented.
Jo Ann Robinson. Soon after Parks was arrested, Robinson – with the help of young attorney Fred Gray, Montgomery NAACP President E.D. Nixon and others – enlisted the young pastor of her church – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – as the spokesman and leader of the nascent movement.