Perry Ray Robinson
| Ray Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Perry Ray Robinson September 12, 1937 Bogue Chitto, Alabama |
| Died | approx. April 25, 1973 (aged 35) Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota |
| Occupation | Civil Rights Activist |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Buswell-Robinson |
| Children | Desiree (Robinson) Mark (b. 1967) J. Marc Robinson (b. 1970) Tamara (Robinson) Kamara (b. 1972) |
Ray Robinson (born Perry Ray Robinson; 12 September 1937 – approx. 25 April 1973), was an American civil rights activist from Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. He had been active in Mississippi and Washington, DC, supporting the March on Washington and the Poor People's Campaign. He disappeared while participating in the 1973 American Indian Movement resistance in the Wounded Knee incident on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
His family never saw him again, and his wife believed he was killed there. She struggled to get Robinson's disappearance investigated. In 2014 the FBI confirmed that Robinson had been killed and buried on the reservation in April 1973; it released redacted documents to the Robinson family under a Freedom of Information Act suit, including redacted interviews with cooperating witnesses. His remains have not been found. The FBI said it had closed his case.
Ray Robinson was born on 12 September 1937 in Bogue Chitto, Alabama. He attended local segregated schools. Strong and athletic, he became a prize fighter.
After leaving boxing, Robinson became a civil rights activist and follower of Martin Luther King, Jr. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington and heard King's noted speech, I Have a Dream. Robinson attended the funerals held for three civil rights workers killed in 1964 in Mississippi. He participated in organizing Resurrection City, a camp set up in 1968 at the Washington Mall to draw attention to the plight of poor people of color in the United States.
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