Tag: Amelia Boynton Robinson
Voting rights pioneers honored at Alabama state archives
Two pioneers for voting rights have become the first women represented in the Statuary Hall of notable Alabamians at the Alabama Department...
Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83
Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides” of 1961, has died. He was 83.
Former...
John Lewis’ legacy shaped in 1965 on Alabama’s ‘Bloody Sunday’
Rather than stopping, Lewis put another foot forward.
House passes Terri Sewell’s bill to rename Selma post office after...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to officially name a Selma USPS post office after the late civil rights legend Amelia Boynton...
Alabama reacts to passing of civil rights legend Amelia Boynton Robinson
Civil rights legend Amelia Boynton Robinson passed away Wednesday.
She celebrated her 104 birthday on August 18, though those closest to her insist she was actually 110.
Boynton...