News Release

Songs of the Movement

Date: March 16, 2007

Contact: Dennis Vasquez, National Park Service, [phone]
Contact: Cheryl Brown Henderson, Brown Foundation, [phone]

Topeka, KS—On Sunday, March 25, 2007, the Brown Foundation and the National Park Service will celebrate Women’s History Month with a program entitled “We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Movement,” featuring Dr. Dorothy Cotton, who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Dr. Cotton is known as a speaker, singer, peacemaker and visionary. She was a key staff member, organizer and education director with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Cotton uses “Songs of the Movement” to tell her story of America’s struggle for civil rights.

In 1967 Dr. King commented on her civil rights work, when he said, “Dorothy Cotton’s bravery, insight and steadfastness have been invaluable to the Movement.”

The program will also feature musical selections by the Highland Park High School Gospel Choir, under the direction of Pam Berry.

The program will take place at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 25, 2007, at Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. For more information or to RSVP by March 23, contact the Brown Foundation at [phone] or e-mail by clicking here. The event is free and open to the public.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM with no fee, excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The site is located at: 1515 SE Monroe Topeka, Kansas 66612 785-354-4273