Dorothy Cotton

Dorothy Cotton (born 1930) was a leader of the 1960s African-American Civil Rights Movement^[1] and a member of the inner-circle of one of its main organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As the SCLC's Educational Director, she was arguably the highest ranked female member of the organization.

Cotton helped organize the students during the 1963 Birmingham Movement and its Children's Crusade, and conducted citizenship classes throughout the South during the era. She also accompanied Martin Luther King, Jr., the co-founder and first president of the SCLC, on his trip to Oslo, Norway to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

Cotton currently resides in Ithaca, New York.

References

1. ^ Seeger, Pete; Reiser, Bob (1989). Everybody says freedom. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 119–. ISBN 9780393306040. http://books.google.com/books?id=IgWcpONqgGgC&pg=PA119. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 

See also

• List of civil rights leaders

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