Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from its earliest days in 1960 until her death in October 1967. She succeeded James Forman as SNCC's executive secretary in Atlanta and was the only woman ever to serve in this capacity. Smith-Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 25, 1942. Her childhood […]
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