Amelia boynton biography

Amelia Boynton Robinson was a civil rights pioneer who championed voting rights for African Americans.

Civil rights pioneer Amelia Boynton Robinson was born on August 18, , in Savannah, Georgia.

Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, – August 26, ) was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Amelia Boynton became the first African American woman in the state of Alabama to run for Congress, challenging a white incumbent the Alabama Fourth District.

Amelia was born in Savannah, Georgia on August 18, She was one of ten children.

Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, – August 26, ) was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement..

Amelia Boynton Robinson

American civil rights activist

Amelia Boynton Robinson
Robinson in 2015
Born	Amelia Isadora Platts (1905-08-18)August 18, 1905 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died	August 26, 2015(2015-08-26) (aged 110) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Known for	Selma to Montgomery marches
Movement	Civil Rights Movement
Spouses	Samuel W. Boynton (m. 1936; died 1963) Bob Billups (m. 1969; died 1973) James Robinson (m. 1976; died 1988)
Children	Bill Boynton Jr. and Bruce Carver Boynton
Awards	Martin 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 t