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Randall Robinson (July 6, 1941 – March 24, 2023) was an American lawyer, author and activist, noted as the founder of TransAfrica. He was known particularly for his impassioned opposition to apartheid , and for his advocacy on behalf of Haitian immigrants and Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide . [ 5 ]
The markedly wealthy family owned a private Learjet, and lived in the affluent Detroit suburb of Lathrup Village. [15] [n 1] By 1968, Richard Jr. attended Eastern Michigan University, [17] Gary was a student at Southfield-Lathrup High School, Randall was a middle school student, and Susan—described as a "pony mad" child—a first grade student.
Randall Robinson (brother) Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr. [ 1 ] (May 1, 1939 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] – December 20, 1988) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] was an American broadcast journalist , most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983.
The family and their attorneys are organizing buses to travel from Charlotte to D.C. on May 19 — the 200th day since Robinson’s death — to demand the attention and diplomatic intervention ...
The movement began on 21 November 1984 when Randall Robinson, executive director of TransAfrica, Mary Frances Berry, Commissioner of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, D.C. Congressman Walter Fauntroy, and Georgetown University law professor Eleanor Holmes Norton met with South African Ambassador Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie at his embassy to highlight human rights abuses in South ...
Attorneys and the family of Shanquella Robinson met with White House officials Friday morning, demanding that U.S. leadership extradite a suspect to Mexico to be held responsible for Robinson’s ...
Shanquella Robinson's family wants justice two years after her mysterious death in Mexico.. Shanquella, 25, of Charlotte, N.C., died on Oct. 29, 2022, while on vacation in Cabo San Luca with six ...
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President is a book on the history of Haiti by Randall Robinson in 2008. According to Randall Robinson, this book describes a non-standard history of Haiti. The title suggests to the reader that emphasis is put on the "Kidnapping of a President". In fact, Robinson describes a ...