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Sep 4, 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.
Aug 27, 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...
Aug 26, 2015 · 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. Amelia was born in Savannah, Georgia on August 18, 1911. She was one of ten children.
Feb 1, 2021 · February 5. Amelia Boynton Robinson. 1911-2015. Her beating helped galvanize the civil rights movement. She lay sprawled unconscious in the road, beaten and gassed by Alabama state troopers....
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Mar 27, 2023 · Amelia Boynton Robinson. Amelia Boynton Robinson Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911-2015) was a leading civil rights activist who played a key role in efforts that led to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and who was the first African American woman in Alabama to run for Congress.
Aug 26, 2015 · Amelia Boynton Robinson, who went from being beaten on a bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965 to being pushed across the bridge in a wheelchair alongside the president of the United States, has...
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a Civil Rights activist whose main focus was Black Voter Rights. Robinson was dedicated and continued to fight for what she knew was right. Early Life. Amelia Boynton Robinson was born Amelia Platts in Savannah Georgia, on August 18, 1911.
