| Title | Date Created | Author | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celebration of Life Program for Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, November 3, 2007 | 2007-03-11 | "Celebration of Life" Program for Ruby Doris Smith Robinson hosted by Spelman College Departments of Education and Sociology and Save Our Children Global Network Inc. 3 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Celebration of Life Flyer for Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, November 3, 2007 | 2007-03-11 | Flyer for the "Celebration of Life" Program for Ruby Doris Smith Robinson hosted by Spelman College Departments of Education and Sociology and Save Our Children Global Network Inc. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Book Review for "Soon We Will Not Cry" by Cynthia Fleming, 1998 | 1998 | Fleming, Cynthia G., 1949- | Book review of "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson" by Cynthia Fleming. Review by Angela Brown Terrell in Spelman's Messenger Magazine Summer/Fall 1998 Issue. 2 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism |
| Kaji Spellman Interview With Karen Spellman, December 16, 1997 | 1997-12-16 | Article in Scholastic's "Oh Freedom - Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made it Happen." Kaji Spellman with her mother Karen Spellman who mentions Ruby Doris Smith as her favorite civil rights leader. 4 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson", circa 1998 | 1996/2000 | Meet the Author Flyer for Cynthia Griggs Fleming for her book, "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson", books provided by WordsWorth Booksellers. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson", circa 1998 | 1996/2000 | Meet the Author Flyer for Cynthia Griggs Fleming for her book "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson", books provided by WordsWorth Booksellers. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson", circa 1998 | 1996/2000 | Book promotion flyer for "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson" by Cynthia Griggs Fleming. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Letter to Cynthia Fleming From Jerry Thornberry, April 24, 1994 | 1994-04-21 | Thornberry, Jerry | Correspondence from Jerry Thornberry at the Gilman School to Cynthia Flemming at the University of Tennessee. Thornberry thanks Flemming for her essay on Ruby Doris Smith that he assigned to his Black History Class, and discusses it's effect on his students. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism |
| "Black Women Activists and The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee", 1993 | 1993 | Fleming, Cynthia G., 1949- | Article in the Journal of Women's History, "Black Women Activists and The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee: The Case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson" by Cynthia Griggs Fleming. 19 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism |
| Spelman Convocation Program for Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, September 12, 1991 | 1991-09-12 | Spelman Convocation Program for Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, September 12, 1991 with opening remarks by Tiffany Patterson and the main address by Dr. Cynthia Fleming. Convocation was part of the Living and Learning Program in the Fall Semester of 1991-92. 4 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Letter to Toure Robinson From Elaine Williams, November 30, 1990 | 1990-11-30 | Williams, Elaine | Correspondence from Elaine Williams, special collections assistant at Robert Woodruff Library to Toure Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson's son about growing the Ruby Doris Smith Collection at the library. Attached is a copy of the article written by Williams and sent to Mary Ann Smith about Ruby Doris. 3 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism |
| Letter to Mary Ann Smith Wilson From Cynthia Fleming, January 17, 1990 | 1990-01-17 | Fleming, Cynthia G., 1949- | Correspondence from Cynthia Fleming at the University of Tennessee to Dr. Mary Ann Smith Wilson attaching snippets of books that mention Ruby Doris Smith. 6 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism |
| "Crusaders, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson" circa 1990 | 1988/19992 | The text contains brief biographical information on several individuals, including Miss Delaney, a Spelmanite who established a mission in Nyasaland and Liberia, and Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, a civil rights activist who left Spelman to participate in sit-ins in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Finally, the text discusses Attorney Marian Wright Edelman, a veteran civil rights lawyer and the founder and director of the Children's Defense Fund, who also participated in sit-ins in downtown Atlanta and helped organize the conference that led to the founding of SNCC. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, African American universities and colleges, College student newspapers and periodicals, College publications | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Tribute to Ruby Doris Smith by Catherine Smith Robinson, circa 1989 | 1988/1990 | Tribute presentation notes about Ruby Doris Smith by sister Catherine Robinson, addressed to Spelman College Departments of Education and Sociology, and her organization Save Our Children Global Network. 3 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "Liberated Woman", August 1988 | 1988-08 | Emerge magazine's article on Ruby D. Smith Robinson, Freedom Summer, and sexual politics in Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The biography article talks about Smith's involvement with the civil rights movement and how Ruby Doris transformed from a middle-class college student to a dedicated activist and administrator. Meanwhile, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) debated whether to participate in Freedom Summer, a joint effort with other civil rights groups to register Black voters in Mississippi, despite concerns about the impact on SNCC's character and image. 3 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Tributes to Ruby Doris Smith in SAGE, 1988 | 1988 | Tributes in Sage's student supplement issue by co-editors Deborah Parms and Jennifer Freeman. A personal tribute by Susan D. Mitchell, and the article "A 'Heartbeat' for Liberation: The Reclamation of Ruby Doris Smith" by Jacqueline Jones Royster. 5 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "Personal Glimpses", September 1987 | 1987-09 | Readers Digest "Personal Glimpses" article where Charlayne Hunter-Gault recalls Ruby Doris Smith's student activism, and her quote "Don't forget why you're here." 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| Ruby D. Smith Robinson Biography, circa 1985 | 1983/1987 | This is a biography of Ruby D. Smith Robinson from a Spelman publication. Ruby Doris Smith Robinson is recognized as an unsung heroine of Spelman College and the civil rights movement. At seventeen, she left college to actively participate in sit-ins and other demonstrations actively, becoming an integral part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Robinson played a crucial role in the movement's early success and later contributed to the fight against sexism within the movement by organizing a group of women to address gender discrimination. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, African American universities and colleges | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "Black Women Achievements Against The Odds" Calendar, circa 1983 | 1982/1985 | "Black Women Achievements Against The Odds", a calendar for 1984-86. Ruby Doris Smith is highlighted in March 1985 as a leading Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee member. 2 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism | |
| "For Ruby Doris, Hopefully", April 9, 1981 | 1981-04-09 | "For Ruby Doris, Hopefully" excerpts from the keynote speech of Charlayne Hunter-Gault at the Centennial Dinner, April 9, 1981 in the Spelman Messenger 1981 Celebration Issue. Hunter-Gault discusses Ruby Doris's story, and impact on her personal life. 3 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, Race discrimination, Groups and organizations, African American student movements | Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism |
Aug 7, 2023
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
The Mary Ann Smith Wilson - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism spans the dates 1948-2008 with the bulk of the material dated 1960-1967. The collection documents both Ruby Doris Smith Robinson's and Mary Ann Smith Wilson's participation in the civil rights movement and the organizations with which they were affiliated. Although the collection documents both sisters' activities, the bulk of the collection reflects Ruby Doris Smith Robinson’s activism activities in the civil rights movement. Also included in the collection are photographs, correspondences, news articles, programs, reports, and flyers.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library, we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
