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Civil Rights legend Mrs. Amelia Boynton Robinson, in Selma , Alabama, in March 2005 |
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"The Dissatisfied Violet"
A Story
by
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Schiller Institute
Vice Chairwoman
When she is not traveling the world to win over people and governments to the policies of Justice, 93 year-old Civil Rights heroine Amelia Boynton Robinson enjoys speaking with school children, teenagers, and young adults, about history, and the lessons and experiences of life.
Many are familiar with her work in the Voting Rights and Civil Rights Movement, for which she was recently honored in Selma, Alabama. (See below.)
An inspiration to students of all ages, including baby boomers and senior citizens, Mrs. Robinson's wisdom and love for humanity is often expressed in metaphors and in parable-like short stories. This particular story, which was recorded in September 1998, is in the tradition of Aesop, and although it was composed originally for children, it is insightful for thinkers of any age.
Mrs. Robinson's musical play, "Through the Years" is well known, and has been performed by school childrenin Washington, DC, but few know that she has also composed many poems and short stories. Her Schiller Institute friends have often been delighted to hear these short works recited by Mrs. Robinson, and now this beautiful little tale, with its surprise ending, has been recorded. We will be adding more audio files soon.
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Amelia Boynton Robinson
and the Battle for Voting Rights
In the photo above , taken at the 40th Anniversary Rememberance of "Bloody Sunday", March 7, 1965, Amelia Boynton Robinson is seated in front of a beautiful monument, unveiled for the occasion, engravedwith the portrait of her and another civil rights fighter, Marie Foster.
As reported in the Selma Times Journal, referring to a fundraising event held to honor the woomen of the movement prior to the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge:
"Many of these women suffered atrocities that you would never imagine during the movement and many of them remained damaged," Toure said. "This is an opportunity to say 'thank you. " All proceeds will go to sponsor a monument to women of the movement, Amelia Boynton and Marie Foster.
"What people fail to recognize about five back in the line were two women, Amelia Boynton and Marie Foster," Toure said. "These were the women that caught most of the blows from that march. Everything will go to the monument. The SCLC women with Evelyn Lowery have been putting monuments for years and we join the SCLC women."
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"Bridge Across Jordan" - Autobiography of Amelia Boynton Robinson
Video Clips:
NVLP Video of Amelia B. Robinson 2003 Visionary (You may have to click twice)
Amelia Boynton Discusses Segregation in the South (Video)
Conference Speeches by Mrs. Robinson (Video Archives since 2002)
Meet Amelia Boynton Robinson:
Message From Amelia Robinson on 40th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday"
90th Birthday Celebration: "Her Love is a Higher Power"
91st Birthday and Ceremony "Boynton Weekend in Selma, Alabama"
National Visionary Leadership Award, 2003
Martin Luther King Day Speech, 2004
I Walked and Talked with the King, 2003
"Through The Years" A Musical Drama by Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson
Writings of Other Great Thinkers
Biography of Friedrich Schiller
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