Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEWINNER 2013 of the Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, presented by the Texas State Historical AssociationThroughout the South, black women were crucial to the Civil Rights Movement, serving as grassroots and organizational leaders. They protested, participated, sat in, mobilized, created, energized, led particular efforts, and served as bridge builders to the rest of the community. Ignored at the time by white po...