00:00 - Tom Dent interviews Dorothy Cotton. She talks about the Dorchester Citizenship Education Program, which was inherited from Highlander Folk School. Septima Clark and Bernice Robinson were also 'inherited' with the program.02:35 - Cotton talks about an early recruiting trip she made with Clark and Andrew Young, where they got the opportunity to know each other. They were hesitant at first to welcome him, but misgivings were quickly dispelled. She talks about the work they did with local leadership. They had a grant from the Marshall Field Foundation to pay expenses. 04:40 - She talks about the building in Dorchester they used for the school.06:55 - They taught one week out of the month. She talks about what one day's work was like and the connection to Highlander.09:50 - She talks about what sessions each of them taught in the workshops. She taught a session about the Constitution. She talks about how the students responded to both the content and the teaching methods of the session.16:53 - Annell Ponder taught about banking. They taught basics. They also had recreational sessions, like visiting the beach.18:24 - She talks about how they used music, which was an integral part of the workshops. Impressions of Fannie Lou Hamer.21:20 - 'Freedom songs' came spontaneously from the old church songs. They could say with song what they could not say with words. 23:50 - Teaching about nonviolence and encouraging people to discuss the conditions in their own towns. 26:00 - Cotton speaks over a microphone about Andrew Young [This may be an audio clip from the film identified in the next portion of the tape - poor recording quality].28:42 - Cotton provides commentary as they watch a film about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Movement in Selma, Alabama.[Recording ends 31:27, continues on Side 2.]
