Skip to content
Contact Us

General Information

Bio

(1930-2018) Author. Dorothy Cotton was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and died in Ithaca, New York.

Full Name

Dorothy Cotton

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1930

BIRTH

Dorothy Cotton was born Dorothy Lee Foreman in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on June 9, 1930.

1982

OTHER

Ms. Cotton moved to Ithaca, New York, in 1982 to work at Cornell University.

2012

LITWORK

If Your Back's Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement
Atria Books
0743296834 / 978-0743296830
Memoir.

2018

DEATH

Dorothy Cotton died at a retirement home in Ithaca, New York, on June 10, 2018.

Found Wrong Information?

Contact us or use our form to request an update to your information or request an update on behalf of the author.

Have a Correction? pencil Contact Us paper-airplane