"We became the backbone of CORE," Smith-Simmons said. "And of course, women and girls were the backbone of the civil rights movement." On Saturday, Smith-Simmons and Smith were honored for their ...

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FORT SCOTT, Kan. (KOAM) -- The Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott took a camera's eye look at the Civil Rights Movement Monday ...

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Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

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