SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Amelia Boynton Robinson

1911 - 2015

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Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1905 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist and supercentenarian 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, which was affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche, a far-right activist. She was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Amelia Boynton Robinson is the 688th most popular social activist (down from 638th in 2024), the 13,287th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,353rd in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Amelia Boynton Robinson ranks 688 out of 840. Before her are Juliette Gordon Low, Luis Taruc, Emily Murphy, Arthur Scargill, Maryam Namazie, and Rachel Corrie. After her are Mona Mahmudnizhad, Henrietta Edwards, Guo Jianmei, Bobby Henderson, Randa Siniora, and Anna Howard Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Amelia Boynton Robinson ranks 393. Before her are Hank Greenberg, Anthony Boucher, Fe del Mundo, Mitch Miller, Harry Golombek, and Jean Muir. After her are Sybille Bedford, Joseph Pevney, Zubeida, Maribel Vinson, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and Martin Gabel. Among people deceased in 2015, Amelia Boynton Robinson ranks 514. Before her are Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Mikhail Burtsev, Linda Haglund, Mel Daniels, Charles Correa, and Raúl Héctor Castro. After her are Gene Fullmer, Chris Welp, Jayne Meadows, Philip Levine, George Clayton Johnson, and Maria Radner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amelia Boynton Robinson ranks 13,291 out of 20,380. Before her are J. Richard Gott (1947), Marie Windsor (1919), Rachel Corrie (1979), Dennis O'Keefe (1908), John Davis (1921), and George Nelson (1950). After her are Tex Beneke (1914), Ryan Garcia (1998), Michelle Thomas (1968), Merritt Giffin (1887), Olympia Snowe (1947), and Alison Krauss (1971).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Amelia Boynton Robinson ranks 116. Before her are Phoebe Hearst (1842), Mario Savio (1942), Virginia Giuffre (1983), Air Force Amy (1970), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), and Rachel Corrie (1979). After her are Bobby Henderson (1980), Betty Ong (1956), Julia Butterfly Hill (1974), Pauli Murray (1910), Judith Heumann (1947), and Grace Abbott (1878).

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