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Jo Ann Robinson was the woman who helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

She was born April 17, 1912 near Culloden Georgia. She graduated valedictorian at her high school. She went to Fort Valley State college. Then, she became an English professor at Alabama State college.

In 1949 she sat in the 5th row of a bus in Montgomery. (the first 10 rows were reserved for white people only) The bus driver verbally attacked her and she ran off the bus.

In 1950 she became the president of the Women's Political Council (WCP) where she focused on bus arrangements for blacks.

After Rosa Parks was arrested in 1950, she made flyers to announce a day long bus boycott in Montgomery. On December 5, 1950 the bus boycott began. The boycott lasted for over a year instead of one day.

After her involvement with civil rights, she went back to being a teacher. She moved to Los Angeles where she continued to teach until her retirement in 1976. She died in 1992.

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