Viola Liuzzo

January 9, 2024
Civil Rights Leader

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Viola Liuzzo
Full Name Viola Liuzzo
Occupation Civil Rights Leader
Date Of Birth Apr 11, 1925(1925-04-11)
Age 99
Date Of Death 1965-03-25
Birthplace California
Country United States
Birth City Pennsylvania
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Viola Liuzzo Biography

Name Viola Liuzzo
Birthday Apr 11
Birth Year 1925
Place Of Birth California
Home Town Pennsylvania
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aries
Parents Heber Gregg, Eva Wilson
Spouse Anthony Liuzzo , George Argyris
Children(s) Mary Liuzzo Lilleboe, Penny Herrington, Sally Liuzzo Prado, Anthony Liuzzo Jr., Tommy Liuzzo

Viola Liuzzo is one of the most popular and richest Civil Rights Leader who was born on April 11, 1925 in California, Pennsylvania, United States. White Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist who was an unjust victim for the cause after she was killed at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery marches.

Lyndon B. Johnson ordered an investigation after her death but the men who were arrested and committed the crime were acquitted by the state. was the one who ordered an investigation following her death. However, the men who were arrested and who committed the crime were found not guilty in the eyes of the government.

She divorced and married at 16 years old. She and then got married to George Argyris and had two children. She later got married to Anthony Liuzzo and had three additional children.

Viola Liuzzo Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Civil Rights Leader
House Living in own house.

Viola Liuzzo is one of the richest Civil Rights Leader from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Viola Liuzzo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She quit high school after just one year.

Her name is engraved on the memorial to civil rights that is located within Montgomery, Alabama.

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Who is Viola Liuzzo Dating?

According to our records, Viola Liuzzo married to Anthony Liuzzo , George Argyris. As of December 1, 2023, Viola Liuzzo’s is not dating anyone.

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Viola Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Rights Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Viola Liuzzo celebrates birthday on April 11 of every year.

What did Viola Liuzzo accomplish?

Who Was Viola Gregg Liuzzo? Viola Gregg Liuzzo traveled to Alabama in March 1965 to help the Southern Christian Leadership Conference — led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — with its efforts to register African American voters in Selma.

How old was Viola Liuzzo when she died?

39 years (1925–1965)

Where is Viola Liuzzo buried?

Holy Sepulchre, Southfield, MI

What did Viola Liuzzo do for the civil rights movement?

In March 1965, Liuzzo 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.

Who is Leroy Moton?

They killed a white woman’: Fifty-four years later, Leroy Moton looks back at the killing that changed the civil rights movement. On the night of Feb. 18, 1965, black high school senior Leroy Moton was arrested for the “crime” of walking peacefully for half a block in Marion, Ala.

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