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Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (April 17, 1912 – August 29, 1992) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama.
With the opening of the National American History and Culture, courageous African American women like Jo Ann Robinson are finally receiving the recognition they so richly deserve.
Who Was Jo Ann Robinson? After a verbally abusive encounter on a segregated city bus, Jo Ann Robinson became an advocate for equal rights for African Americans.
Jo-Ann Robinson. Actress: Hit Man. Robinson has been acting professionally for over thirty years in television, film, regional theater, voice-over work, and corporate training films.
After Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man, an activist named Jo-Ann Robinson stepped in to help galvanize support for the boycott. Robinson's efforts led to a...
Jo-Ann Robinson. Actress: Hit Man. Robinson has been acting professionally for over thirty years in television, film, regional theater, voice-over work, and corporate training films.
Born on April 17, 1912 as the youngest of twelve children in Culloden, Georgia, Jo Ann Robinson would become a successful educator and famous civil rights activist. After graduating from Fort Valley State College in 1934, she became a public school teacher in Macon, Georgia and married Wilbur Robinson for a brief time.
