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  • Dorothy Foreman Cotton Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Foreman Cotton, Dorothy, American, born 1930
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Shaw University, American, founded 1865
    Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
    Dr. Daniel, Robert Prentiss, American, 1902 - 1968
    Cotton, George J., American
    Gillfield Baptist Church, American, founded 1797
    Rev. Dr. Walker, Wyatt Tee, American, 1929 - 2018
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    Highlander Folk School, American
    Clark, Septima Poinsette, American, 1898 - 1987
    Jenkins, Esau, American, 1910 - 1972
    Citizenship Education Program, American, founded 1954
    Date
    July 25, 2011
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:12:39
    Description
    The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.40.1a, 2011.174.40.1b, 2011.174.40.1c, 2011.174.40.1d, 2011.174.40.1e, 2011.174.40.1f, 2011.174.40.1g, and 2011.174.40.1h.
    Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt Tee Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. She moved to Atlanta to assist Walker in his work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became Director of Education for the organization. At the Highlander Folk School, she met Septima Clark and Esau Jenkins and led the Citizenship Education Program. She also discusses the impact of King's assassination on the movement and the philosophy of nonviolence.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0040
    Place collected
    Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Labor
    Religion
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.40.1a-h
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5720364de-f2fa-48eb-8491-83d8367b25d0
  • Photograph of men playing football

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Falkener, Herschel Hall, American, 1901 - 1992
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Shaw University, American, founded 1865
    Date
    ca. 1930
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (6.8 × 10.4 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of fourteen men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are all wearing the same uniforms: dark shirts, light pants, dark knee-length socks over the pants and medium dark, leather helmets with earflaps. Five spectators are watching the game in the background and a man wearing a white shirt and black pants is in the foreground. There are no inscriptions or marks, front or back.
    Place depicted
    Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Athletes
    Education
    Football
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Men
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
    Object number
    2014.94.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57ccbcd94-2d94-4329-b473-882324756a8a
  • Photograph of men playing football

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Falkener, Herschel Hall, American, 1901 - 1992
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Shaw University, American, founded 1865
    Date
    ca. 1930
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 8.2 cm)
    H x W (Image): 2 1/16 × 3 in. (5.2 × 7.6 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of eleven men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are in a lined up in a traditional scrimmage formation with their right hands touching the ground, in three-point stance positions. The center lineman is in the center right of the photograph and is holding the ball. To his right are six men and to his left are four men. Five of the players, including the center lineman, are wearing helmets with earflaps. Six of the players, all standing on the right, are wearing dark shirts and light pants, knee-length socks over the pants. One player, to the immediate right of center lineman, and only his helmet and light parts are visible. Four players are wearing light colored shirts over a dark colored shirts and light pants. There are three men in the background on the right side of the photograph facing away from the camera. There is a partially visible, metal tower on the on the left side of the photograph and a house in the left, center of the photograph in the background. The scrimmage line is in the foreground. A number has been handwritten on the back in pencil.
    Place depicted
    Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Athletes
    Education
    Football
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Men
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
    Object number
    2014.94.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c0368c30-262a-4e55-b1d2-671fc1bed2d7
  • Photograph of men playing football

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Falkener, Herschel Hall, American, 1901 - 1992
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Shaw University, American, founded 1865
    Date
    ca. 1930
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 8.2 cm)
    H x W (Image): 2 1/16 × 3 in. (5.2 × 7.6 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of three men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. All three players are facing the camera, standing behind one of the yard lines. The center player has both hands on the ground, in a four-point stance. He is flanked on both sides by players with their right hands on the ground in three-point stance positions. The two players on the right side of the photograph are wearing helmets with earflaps. All of the players are wearing dark shirts and light pants, and the two players on the left are wearing knee-length socks over the pants. The goal post is directly behind the players. There are spectators behind the goal posts in the background and white painted houses and a white, picket fence in the distant background. There are no inscriptions or marks, front or back. There is a scribble on the back in pencil.
    Place depicted
    Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Athletes
    Education
    Football
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Men
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
    Object number
    2014.94.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59a752988-38db-4e91-bb55-be13562318aa
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