Amelia Boynton Robinson

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civil rights activist human voting rights activist

Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist → human → voting rights activist →
awardReceived	Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal →
collaboratedWith	Hosea Williams → John Lewis → Martin Luther King Jr. → Southern Christian Leadership Conference →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1911-08-18 →
dateOfDeath	2015-08-26 →
educatedAt	Savannah State College → Tennessee State Agricultural and Industrial College → Tuskegee Institute →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Boynton → Robinson →
givenName	Amelia →
hasCause	desegregation → racial equality → voting rights →
hasOccupation	real estate agent in Selma, Alabama →
imageDepicts	being beaten and left unconscious on Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday →
influenced	expansion of African American voter registration in Alabama → national support for federal voting rights legislation →
knownFor	advocacy for African American voting rights → role in passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 →
memberOf	Dallas County Voters League →
movement	American civil rights movement →
notableAchievement	one of the first African American women to run for Congress in Alabama →
notableEvent	Bloody Sunday (1965) → Selma to Montgomery marches →
notableWork	leadership in the Selma voting rights campaign →
occupation	author → civil rights leader → educator →
participantIn	Selma to Montgomery marches → Voting Rights Movement →
placeOfBirth	Savannah, Georgia →
placeOfBurial	Alabama →
placeOfDeath	Montgomery, Alabama →
politicalAffiliation	Democratic Party →
ranForOffice	U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Selma, Alabama →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Samuel William Boynton →
workedAt	U.S. Department of Agriculture (as a home demonstration agent) →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edmund Pettus Bridge →	associatedWithPerson
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) →	injuredPerson
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) →	keyParticipant
Selma to Montgomery marches →	participant