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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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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