Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson, 1912-1992 (Personal Name)

The Montgomery bus boycott and the women ... c1987: CIP t.p. (Jo Ann Gibson Robinson) introd. (lived in Montgomery, AL; was prof. English AL State Col.; now lives in Los Angeles; Mrs.) data sheet (b. 4-17-12)

Black Women in America, Second Edition, accessed September 11, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson; Jo Ann Gibson; civil rights activist, educator, autobiographer, memoirist; born 17 April 1912 in Crawford County, Georgia, United States; BS degree, Fort Valley (1936); MA, Atlanta University (1948); taught English at Mary Allen College in Crockett, Texas (1948-1949); faculty, Alabama State College for Negroes, Montgomery (1949); president, Women's Political Council (WPC) (1952); after Rosa Parks's arrest in December 1956, Robinson was instrumental in getting the Montgomery bus boycotts off the ground; executive board member, Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA); taught at Grambling College, Louisiana (1960-1961); taught English in Los Angeles, California until retiring (1976); University of Tennessee Press published her memoir in 1987; died 29 August 1992)