Our most urgent task is to raise the funds necessary to renovate and preserve the Boynton home at 1315 Lapsley Street in Selma. If you would like to learn more about the project or are interested in contributing to our effort, please contact us at (619) 840-2024.
RESOURCES & READING
The story of Amelia Boynton and Selma is the story of the Civil Rights Movement. Dig into these resources to learn more about this remarkable woman, and other unsung heroes of the Selma movement that ultimately lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Bridge Across Jordan by Amelia Boynton Robinson
Walking With the Wind by John Lewis
MARCH: A Trilogy by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
In Peace & Freedom: My Journey in Selma by Bernard Lafayette
An Easy Burden by Andrew Young
“Defiance Defined Her” by Nikole Hannah Jones, New York Times Magazine
Eyes on the Prize by PBS
“Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed” by Ari Berman, The Nation
National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, AL
Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL
The King Center in Atlanta, GA
The Tuskegee University Archives, home to all of Amelia Boynton Robinson’s papers