"I've seen Dick Gregory, Dr. Dorothy Cotton, John Lewis, the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian," McCaskill said. "I go and honor them, and all of them at the end of the conversation, say, 'Thank you for being here.' And I say, 'Uh-uh. You thanking me? No. Because if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even be here.' "
Date: Jan 18, 2016
Category: U.S.
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New report identifies ways to improve mental health training, education for police ...
"People with mental illnesses is a prominent issue for Canada's police community, and today's report builds on the increasingly collaborative relationship between law enforcement and people with mental illnesses," says Queen's adjunct professor Dorothy Cotton, a forensic psychologist with an interes
Date: Aug 30, 2014
Category: Health
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Why he asked a Canadian to help 'heal a sick nation'
The program also features personal recollections from King's close friends HarryBelafonteand Dorothy Cotton, sociologist and former student activistJ. Herman Blake, as well as the historical insight ofPulitzer-Prize winning authorDavidGarrow.
King was not able to revive the Birmingham campaign until he allowed himself to be bailed out of jail and gave in to the urging of James Bevel, Dorothy Cotton, and other activists that he allow eager teenagers to participate in marches into Birmingham's downtown area, and thereby reinvigorate the fl
Date: Jan 20, 2014
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Today on Your Call: Fifty years after the March on Washington, what's the state of ...
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, legendary civil rights activist and a close ally of Dr. Martin. She is the author of If Your Back's Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement
Date: Aug 13, 2013
Category: U.S.
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50 years later, recalling the young 'foot soldiers' of the civil rights struggle
As King struggled to convince adults to march and get arrested, civil rights leaders including the Rev. James Bevel and Dorothy Cotton were holding special meetings for Birmingham elementary and high school students.
Date: May 01, 2013
Category: U.S.
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King confidant Dorothy Cotton to speak at Monday's MLK celebration in Appleton
Dorothy Cotton knows Martin Luther Kings life and legacy well. She was the only female member of Kings executive staff and one of his closest confidants. Cotton served as education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for 12 years and was part of Kings 1964 entourage to Oslo,
Date: Jan 15, 2012
Category: U.S.
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King Memorial Event Celebrates the Women of the Civil Rights Movement
King frequently said that he could not do what he did without the support of others, including his wife and such women as Dorothy Height, Juanita Abernathy and Dorothy Cotton. His sister, Christine King Farris, said in her remarks that their mother had a pivotal influence on King and that many of
Mary Rolfe, Houston Gregory, Ella French, Barbara Rolfe, Larry Carlson, James Hamilton, Mary Truett, Sherman Malone, Jonh Hoffman, Johnnie Anderson, Carol Piirto