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Liuzzo, Viola, 1925-1965

Biography:

Viola Gregg Liuzzo (April 11, 1925-March 25, 1965) was a white civil rights activist from the U.S. state of Michigan and mother of five, who was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members after the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama. One of the Klansmen in the car from which the shots were fired was an FBI informant, and the FBI carried out a smear campaign against Liuzzo after her death. Liuzzo's name is one of those inscribed on a civil rights memorial in the state capital.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
  • [Memo from Carl Schonander to Barbara C. Jordan] (Memorandums)
• Encyclopedia of Alabama (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Starobin--SNCC 1963-1966 (Robert S. Starobin papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 428, Box 2, Folder 3) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • Young--Medical Committee on Human Rights sample health surveys, 1964 (Quentin Young papers, 1964-1975; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 880, Box 4 Folder 13) (Forms (documents))
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Denise Lemane to "Dear James" (10 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Jennifer to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
• James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Arlin to Jim, 12 October 1962 (Correspondence)
• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008, part III (Audio)
• New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
  • Albany Movement (Articles)
• Viola Liuzzo Collection (Levi Watkins Learning Center (Alabama State University))
• Voices of Civil Rights (Library of Congress)
  • This is a general view of the scene where Michigan civil rights worker, Mrs. Viola Liuzzo was slain late March 25, 1965 Lowndesboro, Alabama (Black-and-white photographs)
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about presidential candidates for the 1968 election, the Vietnam War, and interactions with Stokely Carmichael during a press conference held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 April 25 (News)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about race riots in Rochester and New York City, New York, 1964 July 27 (Moving images)