The only female in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s inner circle of
leadership, for the first time, offers her account of the Civil
Rights Movement and what it means to us now.
Dorothy Cotton, recently honored with a Freedom Award from the
National Civil Rights Museum, is the former director for the
Southern Christian Leader Conference's Citizens Education Project.
Ms. Cotton was at the front lines in the fight for civil rights. In
"If Your Back's Not Bent" she shares an up-close and personal
account of those turbulent times, as no one else can.
Born into poverty in North Carolina, she survived deprivation
and racism by seeking solace in books and spirituality, worked her
way through college, earned a master's degree, and married. But
something was missing. She found it through her work with the
Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., then a charismatic young
preacher. She became a member the his Executive Committee for the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, training and organizing
men and women across the South to participate in nonviolent
demonstrations, including the fateful 1963 Birmingham campaign.
After King's death, she continued her work as an activist, serving
as vice president of field operations for the King Center for
Nonviolent Change. Today she speaks around the world, from Africa
to China, and has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the BBC,
PBS' "American Experience," and many more. "If Your Back's Not
Bent" is the first published account of how her work and the CEP
were fundamental to the success of the Civil Rights Movement.
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