Amelia Boynton Robinson | |
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Robinson in 2015 | |
Born | Amelia Platts August 18, 1911 |
Died | August 26, 2015 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.[1] | (aged 104)
Cause of death | Stroke |
Occupation | American civil rights activist |
Spouse(s) | Samuel W. Boynton (m. 1936-1963; his death) Bob Billups (m. 1969-1973; his death) James Robinson (m. 19??-1988; his death) |
Children | 2 |
Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1911 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist. She was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama[2] and a key figure in the 1965 march that became known as Bloody Sunday.
In 1984 she became founding vice-president of the Schiller Institute working with Lyndon LaRouche. She was awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Medal in 1990.
Robinson died in Montgomery, Alabama after suffering a series of strokes at the age of 104.[3]