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 Robinson in 2015 | |
| Born | Amelia Isadora Platts August 18, 1905 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 2015 (aged 110) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Known for | Selma to Montgomery marches |
| Movement | Civil Rights Movement |
| Spouses | Samuel W. Boynton
(m. 1936; died 1963)Bob Billups
(m. 1969; died 1973)James Robinson
(m. 1976; died 1988) |
| Children | Bill Boynton Jr. and Bruce Carver Boynton |
| Awards | Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal (1990) |
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1905 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama,[1] and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
In 1984, she became founding vice-president of the Schiller Institute, which was affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche, a far-right activist. She was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal in 1990.[2]
- ^ John A. Kirk (2005). Martin Luther King Jr. Pearson Longman. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-582-41431-0. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
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