Culloden, Georgia (April 17, 1912 -August 29, 1992) age 80 yrs

Jo Ann Gibson Robinson was an activist and educator in Montgomery, Alabama. She was President of the Women’s Political Council (WPC) and helped to refocus the organization’s efforts on buses. For her role as a leader of the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, Robinson was arrested. She was targeted with violence. Police officers threw a rock into her window. They poured acid on her car. The harassment became so bad that state police were requested to guard her home.