Jo Ann Robinson

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Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
book
civil rights activist
educator
human
advocatedFor desegregation of public buses in Montgomery
voting rights for African Americans
author Jo Ann Robinson
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest
collaboratedWith E. D. Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1912-04-17
dateOfDeath 1992-08-29
employer Alabama State College
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Robinson
fieldOfWork education
public transportation desegregation
racial desegregation
genre memoir
givenName Jo
hasPublicationYear 1987
influenced grassroots organizing strategies in the civil rights movement
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Women’s Political Council
movement American civil rights movement
notableAchievement helped initiate mass bus boycott after arrest of Rosa Parks
notableFor organizing role in the Montgomery bus boycott
notableWork The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It
occupation civil rights activist
college professor
teacher
participantIn Montgomery bus boycott
placeOfBirth Culloden, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfEducation Atlanta University
Columbia University
Fort Valley State College
positionHeld president of the Women’s Political Council
printed tens of thousands of leaflets calling for the Montgomery bus boycott
religion Baptist
residence Montgomery, Alabama, United States
sexOrGender female
spouse Wilbur Robinson
workedIn Montgomery, Alabama, United States


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