04849cgdaa22007097i 4500 18889602 20250607065900.4 cr|||||||||||| 150728s2011 dcu133 o v|eng 18889602 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kste 2015-04-?? masmit 2019-09-19 masmit 2019-11-22 masmit 2020-02-20 2015669139 (DLC) afc2010039_crhp0040 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC n-us--- AFC 2010/039: 0040 Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-2018, interviewee. Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York, 2011 July 25. 2011. 8 video files of 8 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (133 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (66 pages). two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact. Recorded in Ithaca, New York, on July 25, 2011. Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt T. Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. She moved to Atlanta to assist Walker in his work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became Director of Education for the organization. At the Highlander Folk School, she met Septima Clark and Esau Jenkins and led the Citizenship Education Program. She also discusses the impact of King's assassination on the movement and the philosophy of nonviolence. Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.). Dorothy Cotton was born in 1930 in Goldsboro, North Carolina and married George Junius Cotton in 1955. She attended Shaw University, Virginia State College, and Boston University. She worked as a civil rights worker, leader, and educator. The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement. In English. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-2018 Interviews. Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990. Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987. Daniel, Robert Prentiss, 1902-1968. Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Walker, Wyatt Tee. Young, Andrew, 1932- Citizenship Education Program. Southern Christian Leadership Conference. African American civil rights workers Interviews. African American college students Interviews. Civil rights movements United States Songs and music. Civil rights movements United States. Voter registration Georgia. Filmed Interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) Ithaca (N.Y.), event place. Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0040 (DLC) 2012655221 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc2010039_crhp0040_mv09 afc2010039 Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York, 2011 July 25 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0040 afc2010039_crhp0040_cotton_transcript afc2010039text 1 transcript AFCCRHP Electronic Resource