Description: "If Your Back's Not Bent" tells the story of the last surviving member of Dr. Martin Luther King's inner circle. From her impoverished upbringing in North Carolina in the 1930s, joining the movement in the 1950s, to being a part of the entourage in Oslo, Norway, when King accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and up-to-now, Ms. Cotton shares her insights as a visionary, peacemaker, and lifelong civil rights activist.
Brief description: Dorothy Cotton (1930-2018) was a lifelong civil rights activist who was the highest-ranking woman in the Southern Leadership Conference (SCLC), and was a speaker, singer, peacemaker, and visionary dedicated to social justice.
Review Quotes: "Dorothy Cotton has given us the story of the heart and lungs of the Freedom Struggle."--Otis Moss, Jr.