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Today and Tomorrow: A Journey through the Civil Rights Movement By WALB News Team | February 12, 2021 at 11:02 AM EST - Updated February 12 at 11:02 AM ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - February is Black History Month. What better time is there to reflect on how far we’ve come and look at how far as a community we still must go? What better way to do that than through the eyes of someone who has lived through it all? The one and only Rutha Harris. Harris reflected on her journey and the changes she said still need to be made. “My name is Rutha Harris. I grew up in this house where I’m sitting. I was born in this house,” said to WALB during our interview with her. “My dad, who was a minister, my mom was a schoolteacher sheltered us from all the ills of segregation. He said ‘I bought a house for you to live in, and in this house is a kitchen, so you don’t need to go to restaurants. In this house, I bought you a television, so you don’t need to go to the movie theater.’�

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