Ray Robinson (activist)
Perry Ray Robinson (12 September 1937 – c. 25 April 1973) was an African American activist from Alabama during the civil rights movement. He had been active in Mississippi and Washington, D.C., supporting the March on Washington and the Poor People's Campaign. Robinson disappeared while participating in the 1973 American Indian Movement (AIM) resistance in the Wounded Knee incident on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Ray Robinson | |
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| Born | Perry Ray Robinson September 12, 1937 Bogue Chitto, Alabama, U.S. |
| Disappeared | Approx. April 25, 1973 (aged 35)
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Status | Missing for 50 years, 9 months and 17 days |
| Occupation | Civil rights activist |
| Spouse | Cheryl Buswell-Robinson |
| Children | 3 |
Robinson's family never saw him again; his wife believed he was killed at the reservation, and struggled to get his disappearance investigated. In 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (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. Robinson was allegedly killed by AIM members during a confrontation. Robinson's remains have not been found. The FBI said it had closed his case.