Amelia Boynton Robinson | |
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Robinson in 2015 | |
Born | Amelia Isadora Platts August 18, 1905 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | August 26, 2015 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 110)
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]
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