What is Viola Liuzzo's full name?
Viola Fauver Gregg
Viola Liuzzo date of birth:
April 11, 1925
How old was Viola Liuzzo when died?
39
Where was Viola Liuzzo born?
California, Pennsylvania, USA
When did Viola Liuzzo die?
March 25, 1965
Where did Viola Liuzzo die?
Lowndes County, Alabama, USA
Why did Viola Liuzzo die?
Murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan
Viola Liuzzo body shape:
Slim
What color is Viola Liuzzo's hair?
Blonde
What is Viola Liuzzo's ethnicity?
White
What is Viola Liuzzo nationality?
American
What is Viola Liuzzo's occupation?
Housewife, civil rights activist
Viola Liuzzo claim to fame:
Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist from Michigan
Short Biography
Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo (April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was a Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist from Michigan. In March 1965 Liuzzo, then a housewife and mother of 5 with a history of local activism, heeded the call of Martin Luther King Jr and traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Selma, Alabama in the wake of the Bloody Sunday attempt at marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Liuzzo participated in the successful Selma to Montgomery marches and helped with coordination and logistics. Driving back from a trip shuttling fellow activists to the Montgomery airport, she was shot dead by members of the Ku Klux Klan. She was 39 years old.