![Amelia Boynton Robinson: Civil rights figure who marched on Edmund Pettus Bridge died Wednesday at 104 in Montgomery, Alabama. Amelia Boynton Robinson: Civil rights figure who marched on Edmund Pettus Bridge died Wednesday at 104 in Montgomery, Alabama.](https://compote.slate.com/images/e0c243b2-8674-4dbf-b392-2505a7b46a3f.jpg)
Amelia Boynton Robinson: Civil rights figure who marched on Edmund Pettus Bridge died Wednesday at 104 in Montgomery, Alabama.
The New York Women's Foundation - Amelia Boynton Robinson was the first Black woman to run for Congress from Alabama & is remembered as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. She
![Alabama state trooper standing over Amelia Boynton after she was knocked down during the attack on civil rights marchers on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. - Alabama Media Group Collection - Alabama Alabama state trooper standing over Amelia Boynton after she was knocked down during the attack on civil rights marchers on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. - Alabama Media Group Collection - Alabama](https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/api/singleitem/image/amg/59630/default.jpg)
Alabama state trooper standing over Amelia Boynton after she was knocked down during the attack on civil rights marchers on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. - Alabama Media Group Collection - Alabama
![USA TODAY on Twitter: "Amelia Boynton-Robinson helped organize a famous march to the Alabama State Capitol, protesting prejudice at the polls. On Bloody Sunday, Boynton and other marchers were attacked by state USA TODAY on Twitter: "Amelia Boynton-Robinson helped organize a famous march to the Alabama State Capitol, protesting prejudice at the polls. On Bloody Sunday, Boynton and other marchers were attacked by state](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EC78WLDWsAAcq-Y.jpg)