Amelia Boynton Robinson

Selma, Montgomery, and the Long Civil Rights Movement

In this video, we meet Amelia Boynton Robinson, one of the women who marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 and helped force the nation to confront the reality of voter suppression.

But her story also points to something bigger. Montgomery didn’t just matter because of the bus boycott. It captured the nation’s attention, again and again, when the stakes of the civil rights movement were highest.

In tomorrow’s essay, I explore why. For now, watch the video if you haven’t already. And tomorrow we’ll take a deep dive into this topic.