Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1911 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. In 1984, she became founding vice-president of the Schiller Institute affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche. She was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal in 1990.
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Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson 18 August 1911 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
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26 August 2015 (aged 104) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
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Zodiac | Leo |
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