<I>Dorothy Foreman Cotton Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 25, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Dorothy Foreman Cotton, American, born 1930
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Shaw University, American, founded 1865
label: Subject of
content: Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, American, 1902 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: George J. Cotton, American
label: Subject of
content: Gillfield Baptist Church, American, founded 1797
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, American, 1929 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Highlander Folk School, American
label: Subject of
content: Septima Poinsette Clark, American, 1898 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Esau Jenkins, American, 1910 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Citizenship Education Program, American, founded 1954
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.40.1a, 2011.174.40.1b, 2011.174.40.1c, 2011.174.40.1d, 2011.174.40.1e, 2011.174.40.1f, 2011.174.40.1g, and 2011.174.40.1h.
label: Description
content: 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 Tee 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.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0040
place: label: Place collected
content: Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.40.1a-h
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 2 hr., 12 min., 39 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 220.89 GB