She was the Bridge Between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, Patricia A. Montgomery

Artwork Overview

Patricia A. Montgomery, She was the Bridge Between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
Patricia A. Montgomery, She was the Bridge Between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
Patricia A. Montgomery
She was the Bridge Between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
circa 2016
Patricia A. Montgomery, artist
born 1952
She was the Bridge Between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, circa 2016
Portfolio/Series title: Tribute to Civil Rights Movement Heroines
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: buttons; drawing; crystals; beads; ribbon; textile thread painting; lace; felt fabric
Credit line: Patricia A. Montgomery, Artist
Accession number: EL2017.026
Not on display
Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Narratives of the Soul

Ruby Doris Smith Robinson began fighting racism and segregation at an early age. As a student at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, she became involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She held many leadership positions within SNCC, and organized the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Campaign. Her untimely death in October 1967 at age 25 aligned with the end of SNCC and the rise of the Black Power Movement.

Exhibitions

Narratives of the Soul
Susan Earle, curator
2017