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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the first successful protest of segregation in the Deep South, inspiring other nonviolent civil rights protest. It also established Dr. King as a prominent national figure. Robinson was especially proud of the role that women played in boycott’s success, saying:
Local Activists Call for a Bus Boycott in Montgomery. This leaflet, produced by Jo Ann Robinson and others in response to Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955, called for all African Americans to stay off city buses on Monday, December 5.
Jo Ann Robinson was a leader in the Women's Political Conference which supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She helped organize the Montgomery Improvement Association which fought for civil rights and bus desegregation. Shirley Chisholm became the first Black congresswoman in 1968.
Ad ideare quella straordinaria mobilitazione di resistenza nonviolenta fu un’altra donna: Jo Ann Robinson, presidente del Women’s Political Council, un’associazione femminile afroamericana, che non appena seppe dell’arresto di Rosa Parks produsse un breve comunicato anonimo, nel quale era riportato l’appello ai cittadini ...
Directed by Christopher Wesley Moore. Starring Meredith Mohler, Lewis Hines, Cami Roebuck, Jo-Ann Robinson, Ana-Clare Henley, Jacob Thomas, Keni Bounds, Jeff Buchwald, and Faith Stanley....
Rosa Parks and Dr. [Martin Luther] King and Jo Ann Robinson and John Lewis and so many others have had a profound impact on the world based on their experiences in Montgomery.
Jo Ann Robinson, an English professor at Alabama State College was impressed. She had confronted segregation herself and was an active member of the Women's Political Council, a large group of professional black women in Montgomery.
