The civil rights advocate lobbied for humane policy for Haitian refugees and sought reparations for Black Americans.
On March 24, Robinson died of aspiration pneumonia in the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts, his wife Hazel Ross-Robinson told CNN. He was 81.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1941, Robinson grew up experiencing racial discrimination and attended segregated schools. He graduated from Harvard Law School and became a civil rights attorney in Boston. For Robinson, those early years were the catalyst of a life dedicated to political activism and his fervent passion to speak up against racism.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Robinson took his work to Washington D.C., where he founded the lobbying and research organization TransAfrica to influence US foreign policy toward apartheid — South Africa’s period of legislated segregation. At that time, Robinson became known for participating in a sit-in at the South African embassy to call for Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.
In the 1990s, Robinson advocated in favor of allowing Haitian refugees in the U.S. and published the book “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks,” which supported reparations for descendants of enslaved Black Americans.
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