Viola Gregg Liuzzo, 39, a Detroit mother of five, was one of three people killed in Selma during voting rights demonstrations. Liuzzo was shot and killed March 25, 1965, by Ku Klux Klansmen on a ...

Viola Liuzzo, a famous civil rights activist from Detroit, was shot and killed in the Selma march in 1965 after driving Tony Bennett to airport.

The civil rights worker and a Negro man, 21, were on their way to the state capitol to pick up more passengers for the return trip to Selma after their freedom march 3/25. Viola Liuzzo's death ...

After an aborted second attempt, thousands had started out from Selma on March 21. On March 25, Central New York was there with about 50 or more Syracusans! ... Viola Liuzzo, had been murdered.

On March 7, 1965, marchers were walking from Selma to the state capital, Montgomery, to demand an end to discriminatory practices that robbed Black people of their right to vote.

On March 7, 1965, marchers were walking from Selma to the state capital, Montgomery, to demand an end to discriminatory practices that robbed Black people of their right to vote.

Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a crowd of 25,000 on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery.

A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death.

DETROIT, Mich. — A monument was unveiled Thursday in Detroit to commemorate a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights ...

A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death.

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