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.
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.

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  • Subjects = African American pioneers
Title Date Created Author Creator 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
Certificate of Appreciation presented to Mary Ann Smith, March 31, 2000 2000-03-31 Certificate of Appreciation from the Atlanta City Council presented to Mary Ann Smith in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Student Movement and the "An Appeal for Human Rights". 1 page. African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American women, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commination of the Atlanta Student Movement event. Featured Figure: Ann Borders-Patterson. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. Featured Figure: Lonnie C. King 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University at Trevor Arnett Hall. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith and Karen Jefferson. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. Featured figure: Frank Smith. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 People celebrate at an Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary event. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith, Morehouse President Walter E. Massey, Clark Atlanta University President Thomas W. Cole, and Lonnie C. King standing in-front of Trevor Arnett Hall. African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Groups and organizations, African American universities and colleges, African American civil rights workers Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 People celebrate at an Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary event. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith in front of Martin Luther King International Chapel and Hugh M. Gloster Hall. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 People celebrate at an Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary event. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith in front of Martin Luther King International Chapel and Hugh M. Gloster Hall. 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
Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary, 2000 2000 People celebrate at an Atlanta Student Movement 40th Anniversary event. Featured figure: Mary Ann Smith in front of Martin Luther King International Chapel and Hugh Hall. 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
"Voices of the Atlanta Student Movement Documentation Project", March 28, 1998 1998-03-28 Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights The "Voices Of The Atlanta Student Movement" was a program that collaborated with the Robert H. Brisbane Institute to help preserve the legacy of the Student Movement at the Atlanta University Center. They abided by a three-point approach: the "Archival", the "Educational, and the "Commemorative". This booklet states to an archival special event held on the campus of Spelman College. Featured figures were Ruby Doris Smith. 10 pages. African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, College students, African American women Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
"Voices of the Atlanta Student Movement", Biographical Sketches of Panelists, March 28, 1998 1998-03-28 Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights A biographical list of panelists for the Voices of The Atlanta Student Movement. The list is compelled of five activists: Carolyn Long Banks, Herschelle Challenor, Rober E. Felder, Jesse Hill Jr., and Lonnie C. King Jr. All of them were active in the Atlanta Student Movement during the 1960s and went on to achieve various accomplishments in their careers. 2 pages. African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, Political participation, African American women, African American men 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
Voices of the Atlanta Student Movement and the Brisbane Institute, 1998 1998 The Voices of the Atlanta Student Movement and The Brisbane Institute at Morehouse College are producing a forum series to document the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. The documentation project began in May 1997 and aims to record first-hand accounts of those who experienced the Movement. The second reunion of the Families and Institutions of the Civil Rights Era will take place on March 28, 1998, at the Camille O.H. Cosby Center on the Spelman College campus, providing an opportunity for participants to share their memories and help chronicle the legacy. 1 page. African Americans--Civil rights, African American pioneers, African American student movements, African American universities and colleges Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism