Merancio Angelina Civil Rights Period 2 by Angelina Merancio https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r Dorothy Cotton en-us 2021-04-15 02:33:35 UTC 2025-11-07 14:42:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Dorothy Cotton angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419268681 2021-04-15 02:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419268681 Date of Birth/Death angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419273191 Born: January 5, 1930

Death: June 10, 2018]]> 2021-04-15 02:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419273191 Home Town angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419277755 Goldsboro, North Carolina.]]> 2021-04-15 02:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419277755 Role in the Civil Rights Movement angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419280522 Dorothy Cotton was a leader in the Civil Rights & a member of the inner-circle of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).]]> 2021-04-15 02:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419280522 Five Facts of Her Involvement & Importance in the Civil Rights Movement angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419288291 1. Cotton the Organization’s Educational Director, she ran SCLC’s Citizenship Education Program for twelve years, which helped empower disenfranchised African Americans to register to vote.

2. She organized protests against segregation in Petersburg’s public library and the whites-only lunch counter in the local Woolworth’s. 

3. Cotton helped train children in demonstration techniques for the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama.

4. In 1964, she organized the SCLC’s night marches in Saint Augustine, Florida,

5. She trained disenfranchised people in the importance of civic and political participation and the organizing methods for voter registration and non-violent protest.]]> 2021-04-15 02:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419288291 Quotes angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419328030 "If a house is burning, and a bucket of water is thrown on the blaze and doesn't extinguished the fire, this doesn't mean hat water won't put out fire. It means we need more water. And so with Nonviolence." - Dorothy Cotton]]> 2021-04-15 03:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419328030 Impact on America angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419338277 Dorothy Cotton was one of the founding members of the National Citizenship School. It devoted to teach people how to create publicly accountable institutions that reflect high democratic ideals and enhance the capacity to live a meaningful life.]]> 2021-04-15 03:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419338277 Refrences angelina_243036 https://padlet.com/angelina_243036/nfri80fo7bfj2w4r/wish/1419346529 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/cotton-dorothy-1930-2018/

https://www.dorothycottoninstitute.org/about-dorothy-cotton/about-dorothy-cotton-biography/

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