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Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1905 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson (Savannah, Georgia, 18 de agosto de 1911-Montgomery, Alabama, 26 de agosto de 2015) [1] fue una activista estadounidense. Líder del Movimiento por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos en Selma (Alabama) y una figura clave en el Domingo Sangriento en 1965.
3 de abr. de 2014 · Learn about Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who fought for voting rights and ran for Congress in Alabama. She was beaten at Bloody Sunday in 1965 and received the Martin Luther King Jr. Medal of Freedom in 1990.
29 de nov. de 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a longtime civil rights leader in Georgia and Alabama who ran for Congress, organized voter registration, and was beaten by police in the 1965 Selma march. She received the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal and was featured in the film Selma.
4 de sept. de 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights pioneer who ran for Congress, led the first march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and co-founded the International Civil Rights Solidarity Movement. Explore her interview and digital archive at The HistoryMakers.
27 de ago. de 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 known as...
26 de ago. de 2015 · Learn about Amelia Boynton Robinson, a pioneer in the fight for voting rights and the first Black woman to run for Congress from Alabama. She was beaten at Bloody Sunday and honored by President Obama.
