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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Dorothy Cotton

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March 22, 2019April 4, 2019

By Caitlin Easter “I’m tired of people saying, “And now we present her, who marched with Martin Luther King.” Well, a lot of folk flew down there one weekend and marched, but I worked.”- Dorothy… Celebrating Women’s History Month: Dorothy Cotton

Today’s Trivia: Who was a woman leader of the Little Rock school integration of 1957?

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March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

By Mirella Flores Daisy Gatson Bates was a Civil Rights activist, writer, and newspaper publisher. Bates was honored as one of the 2016 National Women’s History Month Honorees for her role as a Civil Rights… Today’s Trivia: Who was a woman leader of the Little Rock school integration of 1957?