Catherine Robinson (educator)
Title
Catherine Robinson (educator)
Subject
Catherine Robinson (educator)
Description
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Catherine Robinson was an educator, civil rights activist, and actress from Providence, Rhode Island.
She was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1975.{{Cite web|url=http://www.riheritagehalloffame.com/inductees_detail.cfm?crit=det&iid=238|title=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: Catherine Robinson, Inducted 1975|website=www.riheritagehalloffame.com|access-date=2019-09-18}}
She was assistant director of the University of Rhode Island Extension Service.
She received an honorary doctorate from Rhode Island College for her work in education.
Robinson was also an actress. In addition to appearing in Rhode Island theater, Robinson starred in a local-access television show about homemaking, "How It Is," in the late 1970s.{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2:14728889532D3B69@EANX-NB-15D380D860C1AD38@2440251-15D362CC101D4C24@7-15D362CC101D4C24|title=Television|date=29 January 1969|newspaper=Providence Journal|accessdate=18 September 2019|page=8}}
She founded a black theater troupe, the Scitimard Players, in the 1930s.{{name=":0"cite-news|title=Catherine Robinson, 81; actress, community leader|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=11 July 1985|page=C-03}}
As a resident of the East Side, Providence, Rhode Island|East Side neighborhood of Providence,
Robinson also helped form the East Side Neighborhood Council.
Creator
Janaya Kizzie
Publisher
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Collection
Citation
Janaya Kizzie, “Catherine Robinson (educator),” Rhode Island Arts and Culture Fellowship, accessed May 15, 2024, https://riartsandculture.omeka.net/items/show/19.