Dorothy Robinson's mother was Charlsie Gilbert.  Charlsie mother and father's names were Izora Gilbert and James Gilbert.  Dorothy's mother Charlsie was a cook, and Charlsie mother was a third grade school teacher, and her husband James Gilbert was a farmer.  Dorothy love of reading came from her Grandmother's love of reading books to Dorothy as a child.  Dorothy learned to love reading books and News Papers.  The stories took her mind to places far beyond life on her Grandparent's farm in Alabama.  Dorothy imagined what the lives of the people in the stories that she read in books and news papers were like beyond the stories.  This was the start of Dorothy's ability to write wonderful plays and poetry as an adult.  Dorothy's characters in her plays and poetry books were like real people with color and depth.  This was the reason groups, organizations, and public school systems booked tickets and fundraisers to her theatrical productions starting back in 1975.


The Wayne State University:

Dorothy Robinson studied acting and writing, and Sociology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.  She attended Wayne State's Black Drama Department.  Earl A D Smith was the director of the department.  Earl Smith had co-started in the movie, "Freedom Road".  It was Earl Smith who assisted Dorothy in developing her writing and story telling ability.  To the late great Earl Smith memory we give thanks for all that you did to assist in Dorothy Robinson's developing.  Dorothy received a Double Bachelor Degree from Wayne State University.