Viola Liuzzo
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About
White Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist who became a martyr for her cause when she was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan after the Selma to Montgomery marches.
Before Fame
She dropped out of high school after one year.
Trivia
Her name is inscribed on the civil rights memorial located in Montgomery, Alabama.
Family Life
She married and divorced at the age of 16, then married George Argyris and had two children; she later married Anthony Liuzzo and had three more children.
Associated With
Lyndon B. Johnson ordered an investigation after her death but the men who were arrested and committed the crime were acquitted by the state.
