Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Amelia_Platts_Boynton_Robinson
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:advocatesFor civil rights
voting rights
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Freedom_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1911-08-18
gptkbp:birthName Amelia Platts
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Savannah,_Georgia,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Bill_Boynton
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-08-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Tuskegee_Institute
gptkb:Savannah_State_College
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmerican to run for Congress in Alabama
gptkbp:helpedOrganize gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Dallas_County_Voters_League
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives_(Alabama,_1964)
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:President_Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
author
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Selma,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:Jim_Crow_era
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:James_Robinson
Samuel William Boynton
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Selma_(film)
gptkbp:wasBeatenDuring gptkb:Bloody_Sunday_(1965)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amelia_Boynton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7