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Life well lived: Civil rights movement hero Dorothy Cotton dies at 88

Dorothy Cotton, a close friend and aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., died this month at age 88. The civil rights leader encouraged African Americans to organize and register to vote. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
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By Mike Smith

Dorothy Cotton, a close friend and aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., died this month at age 88. The civil rights leader encouraged African Americans to organize and register to vote. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.