Jo Ann Robinson

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author book civil rights activist educator human

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

Aliases (1)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It ×2

Statements (47)

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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church →	associatedWithPerson
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It →	author
E. D. Nixon →	collaboratedWith
Montgomery bus boycott →	leader
Montgomery bus boycott →	mainParticipant