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Birth
Mrs. Robinson was born in Savannah, Georgia in
1911 (Robinson 3). She lived in a two story house
with a family that was part African, Indian, and
German (Robinson 3).
Family
Her parents had ten children named Wilhelmina,
Eugenia, Alvarena, Elizabeth, Harold, Eloise, Anna,
Geneva, Amelia, and George (Robinson 4). Her
father, George Platts, was born in 1866 had only
three years of formal education (Robinson 6,7). Her
mother, Anna Eliza Hicks Platts, was born in 1874.
She was a dressmaker and a tailor (Robinson 9,12).
Education
She attended Georgia State College (Robinson 25).
She graduated from Tuskegee Institute University
(Robinson 47).
Recognition
Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson:
Woman Of Equality
Figure 3: Tuskegee’s 1965 Alumni Merit
Award recipients are Mrs. Charlotte Moton
Hubbard and Mrs. Amelia P. Boynton
(Robinson 196).
Figure 4: Amelia Boynton Robinson with Dr.
King’s widow, Coretta Scott King at a 1984
fundraising program at Tuskegee University
(Robinson 335).
References
Mrs. Robinson was
actually involved in
helping the movement
anyway she could even if
that meant she had to lay
her body on the line. This
picture shows her
dedication, bravery, and
ability to standup for what
she believes in.
Boynton Robinson, Amelia Platts. Bridge Across
Jordan. Washington, D.C.: Schiller Institute,
1991. Print
Luker, Ralph E. Historical Dictionary of the Civil
Rights Movement. London: The Scarecrow
Press, 1997. Print
Waalkes, Mary A. “Boynton Robinson, Amelia.”
African American National Biography. Oxford
African American Studies. Web. 5 July 2015
Early Life
Career
•Accomplishments, Awards and Recognition
•Personal Life
I.Marriage/Family Involvement
II.Children
III.Personal Hobbies
Goals
She wanted to work for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture after she graduated from the Tuskegee
University (Robinson 47). She wanted to help Dr.
King and the civil rights movement in Selma obtain
equal rights for African Americans.
Figure 2: Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965.
Amelia Boynton, unconscious, after being
beaten and gassed by Alabama State Trippers on
Edmund Pettus Bridge (Robinson 194).
Achievements
Her first job was at Camden County Training
School on the St. Mary’s River (Robinson 47).
She joined the Women’s Strike for Peace,
Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom, and the National Negro Women’s
Club.
Figure 1: The Platts family circa 1917.
Amelia Platts is bottom right (Robinson 38).
Figure 5: Amelia Boynton Billups discusses
plans for a housing project in Selma with a
representative of HUD in 1974 (Robinson 337).
Personal Life
Marriage/Family Life
She got married to S.W. Boynton who was born in
Griffin, Georgia in 1904. His parents were William
Boynton and Carrie Boynton and had four children.
He wanted to improve African American economic
and political lives (Robinson 109). Mr. and Mrs.
Boynton lived in Selma. She had dignitaries who
visited the house one of whom was Dr. King
(Robinson 115). After S.W. Boynton died she
remarried to Robert W. Billups (Luker 33). When
Mr. Billups died in 1975 she remarried again to
James Robinson (Luker 33).
Children
She gave birth to Bruce Boynton who served as a
court attorney in the Dallas county (Luker 33). He
went to Howard university. He was involved in the
Supreme Court case Boynton vs. Virginia. He was
arrested because he refused to get up in a restaurant
because he was sitting in a white only section. The
Supreme Court ruled in his favor and they
overturned the ruling of the lower courts (Luker 33).
Figure 6: This is the Boynton family in 1942:
S.W. Boynton, Amelia Platts Boynton, sons Bruce
and Bill Jr.
Challenges
She lived when segregation was at its strongest
which made it hard to get certain jobs. Every day
she had to battle racism and avoid people who
would want to harm her.