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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"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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commination of the Atlanta Student Movement event. Featured Figure: Ann Borders-Patterson.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University. Featured figure: Frank Smith.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Civil Rights activists, leaders, and city officials celebrate the commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement event at Clark Atlanta University.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
The Brisbane Institute was founded in 1984 by Dr. Robert E. Brisbane as a memorial to his work. The institute's mission is to continue Dr. Brisbane's tradition of leadership in political study and activism. Its current programs include a community-based public policy think tank, community support, and development projects, and the Southern Center for Labor Education and Organizing. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Book promotion flyer for "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson" by Cynthia Griggs Fleming. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
A letter from Mary Ann Smith and Lonnie concerning donations and the graduation schedule for the Atlanta University Center was written to Committee on Appeal For Human Rights (COAHR). The second page contains The Atlanta University Center Commencement Schedule and Itinerary for 1991. The last page shows contributions and the treasurer's report. 3 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
A thank you letter from Brenda to the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) for participation in the committee. Cole reminds members that there will be another meeting held on March 24th, 1991 at the Woodruff Library. The meeting is to create a combined draft for a new appeal. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
COAHR 30th Anniversary Planning Committee 90-91. A thank you letter to Ann Smith for her speech and participation in the 30th anniversary of COAHR. 9 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
An article written by Stephen J. Goldfrab. This article discusses the civil rights movement in Greensboro, N.C. during the 1960s. The city had a paradoxical nature, being both racially moderate and having segregated public facilities and employment. The author of the article, Stephen J. Goldfrab, uses interviews to tell the story of the sit-ins and demonstrations that led to desegregation in Greensboro, but neglects to discuss the role of voting in the civil rights movement. The author refers to Historian William H. Chafes to give context about Greensboro, N.C. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
COAHR 30th Anniversary Planning Committee 90-91. The Drafting Subcommittee of the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) held its first meeting on December 27-28, 1990, chaired by Dr. Mary Ann Wilson and attended by several members including Charles Black and Roslyn Pope. The members decided to address the draft's second appeal to African-Americans, with a focus on increased self-reliance and reinforcing their self-esteem and economic empowerment, while insisting on the attainment of full rights of American citizenship. Deadlines were established for the completion of the draft text, which would take into account the points raised during the discussion. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
A gratitude letter was written to Mary Ann Smith Wilson from Brenda H. Cole and Dr. Delores P. Aldridge about the success of the 30th anniversary of the Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Summary/follow-up letter written by Mary Ann Smith to a Committee Member. She recaps details from "COAHR 30th Anniversary Planning Committee 90-91 - CAU Meeting Notes, November 10, 1990' for the Committee Member. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement 30th Anniversary Memorial Service program. Featured names: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Dr. Thomas W. Cole Jr, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, and Dr. Samuel Narbit. 5 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
A group of Atlanta Student movement participants stands while holding Certificates of Merit signed by Mayor Maynard Jackson. Featured Figures: Mary Ann Smith Wilson-front row, Lonnie -second row, Julian Bond-second row, and Clark Atlanta University President Thomas W. Cole-second row.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Certificate of Merit from Mayor Maynard Jackson presented to Mary Ann Wilson for contributions to the city of Atlanta. In reference to "Atlanta Student Movement 30th Anniversary Event, November 10, 1990". 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
30th-anniversary salute to Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement. Featured civil rights activists were Mayor Maynard Jackson, Mayor Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Joseph H. Lowery, Evelyn Lowery, John Lewis, Ivan Allen Jr., Ruby D. Smith Robinson, and Mary Ann S. Wilson. 5 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
COAHR 30th Anniversary Event. Clark Atlanta sponsored a workshop symposium in commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement. Sessions included prominent civil rights leaders, such as Rev. Otis Moss, Mayor Maynard Jackson, Julian Bond, and  Ann Smith Wilson. 3 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
List of workshops held by the Atlanta University Center on the Atlanta Movements. The workshops were part of series of six areas of special interest. Highlighted figures were Rev. Joseph Boone. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Recorded meeting notes written by Mary Ann Smith and Lonnie for the "Committee on Appeal For Human Rights (COAHR)--30 Years Later".  The meeting was called to continue the efforts of the COAHR after the 30-year celebration, as stated by John Mack.  Her notes outline the need for a follow-up retreat after the commemorative events, a need for a continuing action plan, and financial requirements for the committee. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement 30th Anniversary Salute schedule of events. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Clark Atlanta University Inside Newsletter. The newsletter publication highlights concerns and news for students and faculty. Also featured is a timeline of Atlanta University. The invitation for the Atlanta University Center's 30th Anniversary Salute is shown in the newsletter. 4 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Dr. Mary Ann Smith Wilson was invited to serve as a panelist at the Symposium on the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Civil Rights Movement on November 10, 1990, as part of a two-day celebration recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Atlanta Movement. The Symposium was held in Davage Auditorium, located in Haven-Warren Hall, on the campus of Clark Atlanta University, and discussed six themes, including politics, leadership, legal/criminal justice, women, education, and economics. Panelists are asked to meet for a panel discussion moderated by Julian Bond following the presentations. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Dr. Mary Ann Smith Wilson was invited to the 30th Anniversary Salute to the Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement, and the organizers had made arrangements for discounted rates. They have also reserved two tickets for her and a guest at no charge for the banquet, and additional tickets may be purchased for $50 each. The schedule of events is enclosed. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
An invitation booklet for the commemoration event of the Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement. 5 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Clark Atlanta University was organizing a two-day celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Atlanta University Center Civil Rights Movement on November 10th and 11th, 1990. The celebration honored the former organizers of the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights and pay special tribute to community leaders who played a significant role in the movement. Dr. Mary Ann Smith Wilson, who had a leadership role on the Committee, was invited to participate in the banquet and symposium and is requested to send any documentation regarding her activities since 1960 to the university. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
An image reenacting a sit-in protest in Greensboro, North Carolina at Woolworth's lunch counter. This reenactment was in commemoration of it's 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. Highlighted figures: Joseph McNeil, Jibreel Khazan, Franklin McCain, and David Richmond. 1 page.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism