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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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)
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Ruby Doris Smith following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 2
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1961-06-02
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) discussing the "Black Power" philosophy, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966 May 23
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1966-05-23
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection