A booking photograph of Jo Ann Robinson (1912-1992) after her arrest during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Robinson was a civil rights activist and professor at Alabama State College (now Alabama State University) who became president of the Women's Political Council in Montgomery and was a leading figure in organizing the boycott.
Jo Ann Robinson
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Courtesy of the Montgomery County Archives
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