Amelia Boynton by Owen McDonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton Made with an aura of awesomeness en-us 2018-02-15 15:42:13 UTC 2025-02-14 19:42:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png BORN omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231983804 She is born August 18, 1911 in Savannah, Georgia]]> 2018-02-15 16:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231983804 Starts Work for USDA omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231984316 Begins work as the home demonstration agent for Dallas County, the first African American to hold this position. ]]> 2018-02-15 16:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231984316 omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231987396 2018-02-15 16:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231987396 MARRAGE omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231987803 She met her future husband Samuel William Boynton in Selma, where he was working as a county extension agent during the Great Depression.]]> 2018-02-15 16:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231987803 Running For Office omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231988347 She was the first African American lady to run for office in Alabama.]]> 2018-02-15 16:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231988347 omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231989393 2018-02-15 16:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/231989393 Registration omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/234301015 1934 Amelia Boynton registered to vote, something nearly impossible for an african american woman to do in that time.]]> 2018-02-22 16:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/234301015 March On Selma- MAIN EVENT omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/234303752 Robinson was on selma bridge and was severely beaten on bloody sunday, marvh 7-21, 1965]]> 2018-02-22 16:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/234303752 Death omcdonald https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/236962532 Died of stroke on August 26, 2015, Montgomery, Alabama at 104]]> 2018-03-01 15:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/omcdonald/Am_boynton/wish/236962532