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Amelia Boynton Robinson
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Amelia Boynton Robinson
Education
Education Cont.
To Tuskegee Institute in Albama,
she went home with a economics
degree before going to Tennessee
State University,Virgina State
University and Temple University.
Amelia Boynton went to five
different universities.Virgina State
University,Tennessee State
University,Temple University,Tuskeg
ee Institute and Savannah State
University. Amelia Boynton went
for her first two years in Savannah
State University,then transferred
Job/What they did
Amelia Boynton was a civil rights
activist and a educator. Amelia Boynton worked also as a teacher in
Georgia, after working as a teacher
she decided to take a job as a Dallas
county's home demonstration agent
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Selma, Albama.
Introduction
Why They Were Recognized
Amelia Boynton Robinson was born on August 18, 1911 Savannah,Georgia and died on August 26, 2015 Montgomery Albama at the age of 104.
Amelia Boynton was recognized
for leading the 1965 civil rights march,
which took place on March 7, 1965.
Six hundred people crossed the
Edmund Pettus Bridge to start the
Selma to Montgomery march. State
troopers started to attack the protesters
and attempted to stop the march for
voting rights.
Why They Were Recognized Cont.
Intresting Facts/Conclusion
Amelia Boynton and some of the
other protesters were brutally beaten
and that day was known as the Bloody
Sunday. Amelia Boynton was also
recognized for being the first black
woman to run for congress in Albama.
Amelia Boynton won the Martin Luther King Jr. Medal of Freedom. Amelia Boynton got married three times!
Quotes:''Remember this is your day and your world"
''A vote-less people is a hopeless people"
In conclusion Amelia Boynton Robinson was a very
challenging and intresting person to do my report on.