Amelia Boynton Robinson

Amelia Boynton Robinson
Robinson in 2015
Born
Amelia Isadora Platts

(1905-08-18)August 18, 1905
DiedAugust 26, 2015(2015-08-26) (aged 110)
Known forSelma to Montgomery marches
MovementCivil Rights Movement
Spouses
Samuel W. Boynton
(m. 1936; died 1963)
Bob Billups
(m. 1969; died 1973)
James Robinson
(m. 1976; died 1988)
ChildrenBill Boynton Jr. and
Bruce Carver Boynton
AwardsMartin 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]

  1. ^ John A. Kirk (2005). Martin Luther King Jr. Pearson Longman. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-582-41431-0. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LMT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).