Boynton

Betty Boynton, daughter-in-law of civil rights activist Amelia Boynton, said her mother-in-law had been overlooked for too long."There should have been a book about her a long time ago," said Betty…

Opposition to the American version of apartheid came, of course, from Bruce Carter Boyton, who was born on June 19, 1937 in Selma, Alabama, where his parents Sam and Amelia (née Platts) were both active in voter registration. Amelia stood…