Dorothy Cotton Essay

Are you aware that out of the more or less 600 people involved in the selma march 17 were injured and 2 were killed when state trooper violently attacked the protesters with billy clubs, tear gas, dogs, and firehouses or that a lot of black people were denied the right to vote? well Dorothy Cotton was one of many people in the SCLC to try to help change that and are still trying to change that.

Dorothy Cotton as with a lot of others fought for the rights and equality for people of all skin tones and colors who were all being oppressed by the government and it employees. During an interview with NPR (National Public Radio) Dorothy Cotton spoke about some of the issues and resistance her and her associates faced during these difficult times

2) Cotton believed in nonviolence and the right to education for all people, both academic education and self exploration and world education. [ She is still an avid believer in the need for education]
Cotton also had a philosophy of nonviolence but that did not mean she was going to back down, the SCLC even after violence continued vigilantly to end segregation and violence in the united states. Which included holding many types of rallies and protests based usually around the philosophy of nonviolence.
¨The SCLC centered on human rights issues and campaigned to end apartheid, carried out economic boycotts, lobbied for health care reform and encouraged police departments to hold gun buyback programs¨( npr Civil Rights Exhibit Highlights Successes,pg. 5). The SCLC and Dorothy Cotton focused on non-violent justice for all for instance in the above evidence it states they hosted gun-buyback programs
Dorothy Cotton’s philosophy's most definitely did not keep her from letting her voice and the voices of others to be heard. Dorothy Cotton also has a philosophy of never being quiet about the things that matter to