The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Amelia Boynton Robinson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Amelia Boynton Robinson

9/4/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.244

Civil rights leader Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911 - 2015 ) was one of the civil rights leaders that led the famous first march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, which became known as Bloody Sunday. She was also the first African American woman ever to seek a seat in Congress from Alabama. Robinson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 9/4/2007, in Tuskegee, Alabama. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 7; Total Run Time: 03h 24m 55s

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Robinson, Amelia Boynton, 1911-

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Civil rights pioneer Amelia Boynton Robinson was born on August 18, 1911, in Savannah, Georgia. As a young lady, Robinson became very active in women's suffrage. In 1934, at the age of twenty-three, Robinson became one of the few registered African American voters. In an era where literacy tests were used to discriminate against African Americans seeking to vote, Robinson used her status as a registered voter to assist other African American applicants to become registered voters.In 1930, while ...