1960's civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson is confirmed to speak at Free and Equal Elections' United We Stand Festival 2015 in Colorado! The date and venue will be announced soon. Amelia’s beautiful history is marked by bravery, honesty, and integrity while confronting repeated trials and tribulations within America’s Civil Rights era. Amelia has been discriminated against and beaten to near death, but she confidently rose up to be one of the most prominent leaders within the Civil Rights movement.
Amelia fought alongside the great Dr. Martin Luther King and helped organize demonstrations that eventually motivated a nation to rally for change. In 1964, she made history in the political world twice by becoming the first African-American woman to run for a seat in Congress from Alabama and the first woman to be on the Democrat ticket in the state. Against all odds, she garnered 10% of the state vote, alluding to the power and prestige within her message of fairness, honesty, and equality. In 1990, Amelia was awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Medal, an achievement commemorating her lifelong contributions to civil rights.
As a national, multi-generational leader, Amelia has been tremendously supportive of a movement empowering the youth to vote for a better future. Her rich history of activism and leadership has blazed new pathways to this end, now it is more important than ever to get her message out. Amelia’s passion and drive for the rights of all human beings to enjoy unbiased representation in the government is unequivocally tethered to the efforts of the Free and Equal Elections Foundation. Amelia is an inspiration for the past, the present, and the future. Her presence at the 2015 United We Stand Festival will help ignite a movement towards open and honest elections and will highlight the monumental obstacles that can be overcome when passion meets honest leadership.
Amelia’s contribution to the Civil Rights movement has been highlighted in the recent critically acclaimed motion picture: Selma. The bridge scene in the film shows Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia, braving the brutality of police forces determined to quell a Civil Rights protest.
Watch here, as Amelia recollects the true story of that moment in history, which has since been referred to as Bloody Sunday.
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