Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith, 1941-1967

Authoritative Name:
Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith, 1941-1967
Biography:
Member of Highlander Workshop for SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Highlander Research and Education Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1962. As a 19-year old Spelman College student, she participated in the Nashville, Tennessee (via Birmingham, Alabama) to Montgomery, Alabama Freedom Ride from May 17 to 21, 1961. Spouse of Clifford Robinson. "Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, an active CME member and the daughter of a CME minister, emerged in 1960 as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee while attending Spelman College in Atlanta; she organized sit-ins and demonstrations to protest segregation in the city, including a campaign in 1961 against the policies of Rich's Department Store."--"Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 16, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.)
Associated Subjects:
Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith, 1941-1967
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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CORE-- Fourth Congressional District Project Office cars - Correspondence and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 29)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Community center correspondence, Jackson COFO Office, 1964 July-1965 May (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 1, Segment 9)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 19)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office --Miscellany (Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office records, 1963-1965; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 521, Box 1, Folder 13)

Creator:
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.). Panola County Office (Miss.)
Date of Original:
1963/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Ewen--SNCC proposals for the Waveland retreat, Nov. 1964 (Stuart Ewen papers, 1961-1965; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 531, Box 1, Folder 4)

Creator:
Ewen, Stuart
Date of Original:
1961/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, January 1964-June 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 1-4)

Creator:
Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church)

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2007-11-08
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)