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May 30, 2009 · Jo Ann Robinson (1912-1992) 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.
Aug 29, 1992 · 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 ...
Feb 4, 2011 · Jo-Ann Robinson: The Other Heroine Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks became an icon of the American civil rights movement for her part in the Montgomery bus boycott. After Parks was ...
Mar 27, 2023 · 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.
Feb 3, 2010 · 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...
Dec 4, 2020 · December 04, 2020. Brad Bennett. Director of Editorial Services. Jo Ann Robinson boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1949, paid her fare and saw just two other passengers – a white woman seated in the third row and a Black man sitting near the back.
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.
