Wilkins, Collie Leroy
- Authoritative Name:
- Wilkins, Collie Leroy
- Biography:
- Member of the Ku Klux Klan from Alabama who was arrested with three others for the murder of Viola Liuzzo, white civil rights worker from Michigan, following the Selma to Montgomery march on March 25, 1965. Wilkins was 2l, single, self-employed as an auto mechanic, had previous convictions, was not released on bail. He was acquitted of Liuzzo's murder and then was charged with two others in December 1965 with conspiring to deprive Liuzzo of her civil rights, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Taken from http://www.geocities.com/gury4u/viola1.htm
- Associated Subjects:
- Wilkins, Collie Leroy
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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5 items in 3 collections (expand all)
Viola Liuzzo Murder
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1965/1966
- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)
- Creator:
- Goodman, Carolyn
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1967
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)
- Creator:
- Goodman, Carolyn
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1967
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Montgomery--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 17)
- Creator:
- Montgomery, Lucile
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1966
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about ongoing discrimination and the benefits of nonviolence, Atlanta, Georgia, 1965 November 10
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1965-11-10
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection