While marching on Bloody Sunday, Amelia Boynton Robinson was cruelly beaten by state troopers. A black and white photo surfaced that showed the aftermath of the attack with Robinson in a weakened ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

Amelia Boynton Robinson, born in Savannah, Ga. is a civil rights icon who impacted the lives of people across the nation. She earned a degree in home economics at Tuskegee University and was ...

Among the dozens of images to emerge from Bloody Sunday, the image of civil rights activist and Dallas County native Amelia Boynton Robinson (who had been registering voters for years) being held ...

In that group was Amelia Boynton Robinson ... protest that devolved into state-sanctioned violence was coined "Bloody Sunday." "Sixty years ago, the foot soldiers of Selma shed blood on the ...

Among them were Hosea Williams, John Lewis and local activist Amelia Boynton, who pushed the ... march turned into what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” as Alabama state troopers and Sheriff ...

In this March 7, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama, center, walks as he holds hands with Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” as the first family and others ...

From left are Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Lewis, Obama, Amelia Boynton, who was beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” and Adelaide Sanford, also in a wheelchair. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The march turned ugly and Lewis was almost beaten to death after ...

March 7, 1965, on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” (AP Photo, File) FILE – Amelia Boynton is aided by people after she was injured when state police broke up a demonstration march in ...