Amelia Boynton Robinson, born in Savannah, Ga. is a civil rights icon who impacted the lives of people across the nation. She earned a degree in home economics at Tuskegee University and was ...

Lewis' head was cracked open. Local activist Amelia Boynton Robinson was bludgeoned. Dozens were injured. And later two white ...

March 7, 1965, is known as Bloody Sunday after hundreds of people peacefully marched from Selma to Montgomery but were ...

In that group was Amelia Boynton Robinson. She was a leading march organizer, working directly with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Her photo ...

Decades after law officers attacked voting rights marchers, we revisit the event that helped spark passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and hear what civil rights activists are doing in Selma today.

In this March 7, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama, center, walks as he holds hands with Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” as the first family and others ...

From left are Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Lewis, Obama, Amelia Boynton, who was beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” and Adelaide Sanford, also in a wheelchair. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ...