Born
this day in 1942: Ruby Doris Smith
Robinson (1942–1967), civil rights leader.
In her short 25 years on this planet, Robinson had a big impact on the civil
rights movement. As a SNCC field representative she helped organize SNCC
chapters in Charleston, South Carolina, Nashville Tennessee, and Macomb,
Mississippi. She participated in sit-ins and Freedom Rides and was jailed
several times. In By 1966 she she became SNCC’s executive secretary (the first
and only woman in that role). She died of cancer the following year.
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