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Jo Ann Robinson. Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (April 17, 1912 – August 29, 1992) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama . Early life. Born Jo Ann Gibson, [1] near Culloden, Georgia, on April 17, 1912, [2] she was the youngest of twelve children. [3] .
With the opening of the National American History and Culture, courageous African American women like Jo Ann Robinson are finally receiving the recognition they so richly deserve.
Famous Activists. Civil Rights Activists. Jo Ann Robinson organized a city bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 that changed the course of civil rights in America....
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 ...
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.
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...
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.
