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Former SCLC Education Director Dorothy Cotton explains the role sexism played in the organizations of the civil rights movement. Dr. King's former attorney-speechwriter and author of What Would Martin Say, Clarence B. Jones, shares what he believes Dr. King would say about the man who killed him.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton
Former SCLC Education Director discusses sexism within civil rights movement organizations. (2:31)
Former SCLC Education Director discusses the civil rights movement. Full interview. (10:08)
Dorothy Cotton was the highest ranking female in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded by Dr. King. She was SCLC's educational director for 12 years and was part of King's entourage to Oslo, where he received the Nobel Peace Prize. Cotton later served as field ops VP for the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, directed the federal agency for volunteer programs during the Carter Administration and served as Cornell University's student activities director.
Clarence B. Jones
Clarence B. Jones
Dr. King's former counsel and speechwriter discusses his legacy. Full interview. (12:40)
Dr. King's former counsel and speechwriter shares what he believes Dr. King would say about the man who killed him. (4:26)
Clarence B. Jones' career spans several decades. A former counsel and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jones helped negotiate a settlement of the civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, AL and coordinated legal defense of SCLC leaders. He has since founded several successful financial, corporate and media-related ventures and was the first African American to become a partner in a Wall Street firm. Jones finally breaks his silence as a movement insider in his book, What Would Martin Say.