Dorothy Cotton was an American civil rights activist, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and a member of the inner circle of one of its main organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As the SCLC's Educational Director, she was arguably the highest-ranked female member of the organization.
- Occupation
- civil rights advocate
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- June 10, 2018
