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Ruby Odom Cotton

Collection:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Oral History Project Collection
Title:: Ruby Odom Cotton
Date of Original:: 1996-05-15
Subject:: Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
16th Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
People:: Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Location:: United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
Medium:: oral histories (literary works)
Type:: MovingImage
Format:: video/mp4
Description:: Ruby Odom Cotton discusses her leadership as young lady in the Movement, including the Children's Crusade and two arrests. She went on to become a banker in Birmingham and continues to spread her experience of the Movement.
Metadata URL:: http://bcriohp.org/items/show/59
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)
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