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Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was born on this day in 1925 in California, Penn. Liuzzo traveled to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights. She was shot and killed by KKK members on March 25, 1965. /1
Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was born on this day in 1925 in California, Penn. Liuzzo traveled to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights. She was shot and killed by KKK members on March 25, 1965. /1
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was born on this day in 1925 in California, Penn. Liuzzo traveled to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights. She was shot and killed by KKK members on March 25, 1965. /1
Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was born on this day in 1925 in California, Penn. Liuzzo traveled to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights. She was shot and killed by KKK members on March 25, 1965. /1
#WomensHistoryMonth THREAD 🧵Mother, nurse, civil rights activist and martyr Viola Liuzzo was the only white woman murdered during the Civil Rights Movement. Her assassination happened during the final legs of the famous Selma, AL marches.
Don't know about Viola Liuzzo?
Glad you asked.
Don't know about Viola Liuzzo?
Glad you asked.
April 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
#WomensHistoryMonth THREAD 🧵Mother, nurse, civil rights activist and martyr Viola Liuzzo was the only white woman murdered during the Civil Rights Movement. Her assassination happened during the final legs of the famous Selma, AL marches.
Don't know about Viola Liuzzo?
Glad you asked.
Don't know about Viola Liuzzo?
Glad you asked.
Detroit will unveil a street sign Saturday honoring Viola Liuzzo, the white Detroit mother of five who was killed by Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama after responding to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to support the Selma voting rights movement in 1965.
Detroit to unveil Viola Liuzzo street sign honoring white civil rights martyr - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit will unveil a street sign Saturday honoring Viola Liuzzo, the white Detroit mother of five who was killed by Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama after responding to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to support the Selma voting rights movement in 1965.
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April 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Detroit will unveil a street sign Saturday honoring Viola Liuzzo, the white Detroit mother of five who was killed by Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama after responding to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to support the Selma voting rights movement in 1965.
This evening we visited the park dedicated to the memory of Detroit activist, mom, and martyr Viola Liuzzo.
She went down to Selma to march and organize for civil rights, and the KKK murdered her for it.
The park is just a couple miles from my house. I had to see it.
She went down to Selma to march and organize for civil rights, and the KKK murdered her for it.
The park is just a couple miles from my house. I had to see it.
September 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This evening we visited the park dedicated to the memory of Detroit activist, mom, and martyr Viola Liuzzo.
She went down to Selma to march and organize for civil rights, and the KKK murdered her for it.
The park is just a couple miles from my house. I had to see it.
She went down to Selma to march and organize for civil rights, and the KKK murdered her for it.
The park is just a couple miles from my house. I had to see it.
Photos: Street named after slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo
📸 Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News
📸 Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News
Street named after slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo
Detroit marked the 101st birthday of civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo with the naming of Viola Liuzzo Boulevard at Pembroke and Mansfield.
www.detroitnews.com
April 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Photos: Street named after slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo
📸 Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News
📸 Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News
Victoria Liuzzo
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Victoria Liuzzo
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
So many emotions attending the street naming dedication ceremony for Viola Liuzzo
April 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
So many emotions attending the street naming dedication ceremony for Viola Liuzzo
Viola Liuzzo honored by Jamon Jordan, Detroit City Historian
April 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Viola Liuzzo honored by Jamon Jordan, Detroit City Historian
I have the utmost respect for these heroes who fought for freedom & equality for all.
ROLL CALL:
•Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
•Viola Liuzzo
•John Brown
•Anne Braden
For my White brothers & sisters who continue the fight to end white supremacy, you are my heroes too. 🤜🏾🤛🏼
ROLL CALL:
•Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
•Viola Liuzzo
•John Brown
•Anne Braden
For my White brothers & sisters who continue the fight to end white supremacy, you are my heroes too. 🤜🏾🤛🏼
May 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I have the utmost respect for these heroes who fought for freedom & equality for all.
ROLL CALL:
•Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
•Viola Liuzzo
•John Brown
•Anne Braden
For my White brothers & sisters who continue the fight to end white supremacy, you are my heroes too. 🤜🏾🤛🏼
ROLL CALL:
•Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
•Viola Liuzzo
•John Brown
•Anne Braden
For my White brothers & sisters who continue the fight to end white supremacy, you are my heroes too. 🤜🏾🤛🏼
When racists killed Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman in 1964, they burned their station wagon but left it just off a road where it was easily found.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM
When racists killed Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman in 1964, they burned their station wagon but left it just off a road where it was easily found.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
Viola Liuzzo. Jim Reeb. Andrew Goodman. Mickey Schwerner. William Lewis Moore. American white supremacists have a long history of murdering white people who break ranks.
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Viola Liuzzo. Jim Reeb. Andrew Goodman. Mickey Schwerner. William Lewis Moore. American white supremacists have a long history of murdering white people who break ranks.
An undercover informant working for the FBI was in the car that pursued Liuzzo. To deflect attention, J. Edgar Hoover made defamatory statements about her. In 1983, Liuzzo’s family learned of the FBI’s involvement and sued the agency for failing to prevent her death and for false accusations. /end
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
An undercover informant working for the FBI was in the car that pursued Liuzzo. To deflect attention, J. Edgar Hoover made defamatory statements about her. In 1983, Liuzzo’s family learned of the FBI’s involvement and sued the agency for failing to prevent her death and for false accusations. /end
Thank you Viola Liuzzo. 💔
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Thank you Viola Liuzzo. 💔
Remember Viola Liuzzo? You should. It's happening again.
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This Has Happened Before
Viola Liuzzo was 39 years old when she was murdered. It was March 25, 1965.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Remember Viola Liuzzo? You should. It's happening again.
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Viola Liuzzo
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Even white woman hood is not enough for this country to stop
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Even white woman hood is not enough for this country to stop
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Viola Liuzzo
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Even white woman hood is not enough for this country to stop
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Even white woman hood is not enough for this country to stop
Ta-Nehisi on Minnesota, and Culture War as war www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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To deflect attention from the FBI's complicity, Hoover started a smear campaign against Liuzzo. I mean this is nothing new -- Hoover tried to get King to KILL HIMSELF. So of course Liuzzo was -- take your pick -- a drug addict, bad mother, having affairs with Black men. ALL LIES.
April 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
To deflect attention from the FBI's complicity, Hoover started a smear campaign against Liuzzo. I mean this is nothing new -- Hoover tried to get King to KILL HIMSELF. So of course Liuzzo was -- take your pick -- a drug addict, bad mother, having affairs with Black men. ALL LIES.
And we are not "centering whiteness" by honoring folks like John Brown or Viola Liuzzo. They counted the cost and laid down their lives for the struggle just like one of my great-grandfathers did.
This is why we need A People's History of Humanity (Zinn) instead of the propaganda and lies.
This is why we need A People's History of Humanity (Zinn) instead of the propaganda and lies.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
And we are not "centering whiteness" by honoring folks like John Brown or Viola Liuzzo. They counted the cost and laid down their lives for the struggle just like one of my great-grandfathers did.
This is why we need A People's History of Humanity (Zinn) instead of the propaganda and lies.
This is why we need A People's History of Humanity (Zinn) instead of the propaganda and lies.
More than that, the FBI paid tons of informants who infiltrated the Klan.
For one famous example, Gary Thomas Rowe was a paid FBI informant who was present at the murder of Viola Liuzzo.
But there were so many more. By one estimate, in 1965 a full 15% of the Mississippi KKK were paid informants.
For one famous example, Gary Thomas Rowe was a paid FBI informant who was present at the murder of Viola Liuzzo.
But there were so many more. By one estimate, in 1965 a full 15% of the Mississippi KKK were paid informants.
When is the FBI going to be indicted for "secretly funding" the Black Panthers and the Weather Underground?
April 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM
More than that, the FBI paid tons of informants who infiltrated the Klan.
For one famous example, Gary Thomas Rowe was a paid FBI informant who was present at the murder of Viola Liuzzo.
But there were so many more. By one estimate, in 1965 a full 15% of the Mississippi KKK were paid informants.
For one famous example, Gary Thomas Rowe was a paid FBI informant who was present at the murder of Viola Liuzzo.
But there were so many more. By one estimate, in 1965 a full 15% of the Mississippi KKK were paid informants.
The attempt to eradicate and erase the sacrifice of Mrs. Liuzzo is but another attempt to disappear the best of America's allies in the struggle for freedom and justice.
Among many honors, Mrs. Liuzzo was awarded a degree from Wayne State University.
Rest in peace, power and paradise, Queen.
Among many honors, Mrs. Liuzzo was awarded a degree from Wayne State University.
Rest in peace, power and paradise, Queen.
April 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The attempt to eradicate and erase the sacrifice of Mrs. Liuzzo is but another attempt to disappear the best of America's allies in the struggle for freedom and justice.
Among many honors, Mrs. Liuzzo was awarded a degree from Wayne State University.
Rest in peace, power and paradise, Queen.
Among many honors, Mrs. Liuzzo was awarded a degree from Wayne State University.
Rest in peace, power and paradise, Queen.
Dr. King asked people who believed in justice to come to Selma. Mrs. Liuzzo, a mother with five children, was so moved she drove alone from Detroit to Selma. Liuzzo, growing up in GA +TN, knew the danger of the south. She pushed through her fear to fight for justice.
April 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Dr. King asked people who believed in justice to come to Selma. Mrs. Liuzzo, a mother with five children, was so moved she drove alone from Detroit to Selma. Liuzzo, growing up in GA +TN, knew the danger of the south. She pushed through her fear to fight for justice.
Remembering Jimmie Lee Jackson.
Remembering Amelia Boyton. Remembering John Lewis.
Remembering Violet Liuzzo.
Remembering James Reeb.
Remembering Edmund Pettus. Remembering George Wallace.
Remembering the nameless AL troopers & cops.
Selma, 60 years ago today. Remembering, never returning.
Remembering Amelia Boyton. Remembering John Lewis.
Remembering Violet Liuzzo.
Remembering James Reeb.
Remembering Edmund Pettus. Remembering George Wallace.
Remembering the nameless AL troopers & cops.
Selma, 60 years ago today. Remembering, never returning.
March 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Remembering Jimmie Lee Jackson.
Remembering Amelia Boyton. Remembering John Lewis.
Remembering Violet Liuzzo.
Remembering James Reeb.
Remembering Edmund Pettus. Remembering George Wallace.
Remembering the nameless AL troopers & cops.
Selma, 60 years ago today. Remembering, never returning.
Remembering Amelia Boyton. Remembering John Lewis.
Remembering Violet Liuzzo.
Remembering James Reeb.
Remembering Edmund Pettus. Remembering George Wallace.
Remembering the nameless AL troopers & cops.
Selma, 60 years ago today. Remembering, never returning.
In return local racists in Detroit burned a cross on their lawn, shot up their house, the Liuzzo children were called "n****r lovers," hate mail, death threats were so bad Mr. Liuzzo had to hire security to protect his home and family. But wait there's more.
April 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
In return local racists in Detroit burned a cross on their lawn, shot up their house, the Liuzzo children were called "n****r lovers," hate mail, death threats were so bad Mr. Liuzzo had to hire security to protect his home and family. But wait there's more.
I'm not here to defend white people - many of whom were perfectly happy to participate in the oppression of Black people and other POC.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
I'm not here to defend white people - many of whom were perfectly happy to participate in the oppression of Black people and other POC.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
Mrs. Viola Liuzzo left 5 kids to travel to the deep south to drive Black voters to the polls and was shot and killed by other Americans.
@jelaniya.bsky.social: From Selma to Minneapolis. On MLK Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
From Selma to Minneapolis
On M.L.K. Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others.
www.newyorker.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Mrs. Viola Liuzzo left 5 kids to travel to the deep south to drive Black voters to the polls and was shot and killed by other Americans.