Dorie Ladner
Dorie Ann Ladner is an American civil rights activist.
Early life
She was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on June 28, 1942.Education
In 1973, Ladner earned her B.A. degree from Tougaloo College, and in 1975, she earned a master's degree in social work from the Howard University School of Social Work.Activism
She played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi ever since, as a high school student, she joined the NAACP Youth Council in Hattiesburg where she met NAACP state president Medgar Evers. In 1961, she became engaged with the Freedom Riders. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and was arrested in 1962 trying to integrate the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Jackson.She was expelled from Jackson State University for her support of the Tougaloo Nine. She and her sister Joyce Ladner were invited to enroll at Tougaloo College.
Dorie was jailed for picketing in the 1962 Jackson, Mississippi boycotts:
In 1964, she became a key organizer in the Freedom Summer Project. She became the first woman to head a COFO Council of Federated Organizations project in 1964. She served as the SNCC project director in Natchez, Mississippi.
Current work
She currently lives in Washington, D.C. where she is frequently invited to speak on panels and interviewed for documentary film projects. For example, in 2014 she was interviewed for the American Experience PBS documentary on Freedom Summer and she spoke on a panel with Stanley Nelson Jr. and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, hosted by New America in New York. In August 2017, Ladner was one of the panelists for a workshop called "SNCC: Civil Right Activism to DC Statehood" at the National Lawyers Guild 80th annual convention in Washington, D.C. along with Judy Richardson, Courtland Cox, Frank Smith, and others.Recognition
- May 18, 2014: Awarded an honorary doctorate from Tougaloo College.
- 2016: "Well-Behaved Women Don't Make 'Her-Story': The Dorie Ladner Story" documentary produced by Kendall Little.
- June, 2017: Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the District of Columbia.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Herself | TV Series, February 15, 2017 episode: |
| 2016 | Well-Behaved Women Don't Make 'Her-Story': The Dorie Ladner Story | Herself | Documentary by Kendall Little |
| 2015 | This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer | Herself | Documentary by Robin Hamilton |
| 2013 | An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland | Herself | Documentary by Loki Mulholland |
| 2009 | Soundtrack for a Revolution | Herself | Documentary by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman |
| 2003 | Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders | Herself | Documentary by Laura Lipson |