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Biography of Viola Liuzzo
Name: Viola Liuzzo
Birth Date: April 11, 1925
Death Date: March 25, 1965
Place of Birth: California, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: civil rights activist
Viola Liuzzo
Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965) was the first white woman killed during the American civil rights movement. Inspired by the efforts of African Americans in the South to obtain the right to vote, she left her home in Detroit and participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama march for black voting rights in 1965. While shuttling marchers in her car, she was shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization determined to keep segregation alive.Viola Gregg Liuzzo was born on April 11, 1925 in the small town of California, Pennsylvania. Her father, Heber Ernest Gregg, worked in a coal mine until his right hand was blown off in a mining explosion. He left school in the eighth grade, but taught himself to read. Her mother, Eva Wilson Gregg, had a teaching certificate from the University of Pittsburgh, but finding work was not always easy for her. Viola was the couple's first …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…got Rowe into court, but the judge threw out the case and ordered the family to pay back the government ,000 in court costs. The family appealed and the fine was voided.Difficulties in obtaining FBI files in the Liuzzo case led to a strengthening of the Freedom of Information Act. Playboy magazine sued the Department of Justice to gain access to the task force report on Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr. It took two and a half years of legal wrangling before Judge Norma Holloway Johnson ordered the report turned over to Playboy. The lengthy court battle ended in a landmark decision which endorsed the public's right to know. Associated Events Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965 Further Reading Mendelsohn, Jack, The Martyrs: 16 Who Gave Their Lives for Racial Justice, Harper & Row, 1966.Siegel, Beatrice, Murder on the Highway: The Viola Liuzzo Story, Four Winds Press, 1993.Jet, March 20, 1980.National Review, July 10, 1995.Playboy, October 1980; June 1983.
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