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Author Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-2018.

Title If your back's not bent : the role of the Citizenship Education Program in the civil rights movement / Dorothy F. Cotton.

Imprint New York : Atria Books, ©2012.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  323.1 COT    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Sharing the prize -- When the spark was lit -- "There's your ready girl" -- People get ready, there's a "change" a-comin' -- Meeting Dr. King -- Grew like Topsy -- Why not you? -- "The cobwebs commenced a-movin' from my brain" -- The reason I sing this song -- The essence of nonviolence is love -- Dr. King and the team of wild horses -- On into the twentieth century via Birmingham -- "The spirit was movin' all over this land" -- Growing challenges to our approach in working for change --The King is dead! What in the world do I do now? -- After the assassination -- Legacy: revisiting the Dorchester Center -- Epilogue: going forward in the twenty-first century.
Summary Director of the Citizenship Education Program, Dorothy Cotton, recounts the accomplishments of the program and her experiences in the civil rights movement.
Subject Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-2018.
Citizenship Education Program -- History.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference -- History.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American women educators -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-2018 (OCoLC)fst01942303
Citizenship Education Program. (OCoLC)fst01996079
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (OCoLC)fst00580601
African American women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799481
African American women educators. (OCoLC)fst00799492
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Topical Term BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage^BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs^POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9780743296830 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0743296834 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780743296847 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0743296842 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781439187425 (ebook)
1439187428 (ebook)
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