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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. PrintLuker, Ralph E. Historical Dictionary of the Civil
Rights Movement. London: The Scarecrow Press, 1997. PrintWaalkes, 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 LifeI.Marriage/Family InvolvementII.ChildrenIII.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 LifeMarriage/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.
