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soothsayer

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Thu Mar 25, 2021, 11:36 AM Mar 2021

On this date in 1965, Viola Liuzzo was murdered in the wake of the Selma-to-Montgomery March.


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Kevin M. Kruse
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On this date in 1965, Viola Liuzzo was murdered in the wake of the Selma-to-Montgomery March.

Kevin M. Kruse
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Two weeks after that, four Klansmen murdered Viola Liuzzo, a mother of five from Detroit who had been giving rides to voting rights marchers after the Selma-to-Montgomery march. They chased her in their own car and shot her twice in the head.




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On this date in 1965, Viola Liuzzo was murdered in the wake of the Selma-to-Montgomery March. (Original Post) soothsayer Mar 2021 OP
I think of her frequently. marybourg Mar 2021 #1
Peace to her family. Boomerproud Mar 2021 #2
🕯️Her memory and name is a blessing to us irisblue Mar 2021 #3
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