Viola liuzzo biography
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Viola liuzzo biography
Viola Liuzzo
American activist and murder victim (1925–1965)
Viola Liuzzo | |
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Picture of Gregg, 1949 | |
| Born | Viola Fauver Gregg (1925-04-11)April 11, 1925 California, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1965(1965-03-25) (aged 39) Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
| Resting place | Holy Sepulchre CemeterySouthfield, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Housewife, civil rights activist |
| Children | 5 |
Viola Fauver Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was an American civil rights activist in Detroit, Michigan.
She was known for going to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights. On March 25, 1965, she was shot dead by three Ku Klux Klan members while driving activists between the cities and transportation.
Also in the pursuit car was an undercover informant working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). His role in this and other events was not revealed u