  Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 1427 Registered: 01-2006 |
I am reading a great book (part 2) by William J. Bennett called "America: The Last Best Hope." This 2 book series tells american history and the details that go unmentioned in history books and movies. I highly recommend it. I am all the way to 1965 and I have run across a 1 line anecdote about a woman named Viola Liuzzo, "...a Detroit housewife, was gunned down attempting to help young black volunteers register voters." A quick google search gives some interesting history to her mission and subsequent death. I had not heard of her before. Do any of our older posters remember this killing, and any of the subsequent events? Just curious to learn more about a good Detroiter who probably deserves more historical recognition. | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 559 Registered: 08-2007 |
There's a 74 minute documentary on Viola Liuzzo, released in 2003, titled Home Of The Brave. It is distributed by Home Vision Entertainment and should be readily available. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 1428 Registered: 01-2006 |
Great!! I am on my phone right now so my computing resources are limited, but I will have to check this out. | ||
Gary Member Username: Gary Post Number: 280 Registered: 02-2004 |
Mrs. Liuzzo was one of the civil rights struggle's bravest martyrs. I remember hearing of her murder as a 12 year old, but I was grown before I really began to comprehend her sacrifice and that of her family. The Liuzzos lived on Marlowe in northwest Detroit at the time. Thanks Dannyv...I have seen her story presented in fairly good detail in any number of documentaries on the civil rights movement, and I knew there had been a documentary done specifically on Viola Liuzzo, but I couldn't recall the title. (Message edited by gary on February 18, 2009) | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 662 Registered: 12-2006 |
It was called "Home of the Brave" (not the best title, granted). It was nominated for an Oscar. | ||
Wintersmommy Member Username: Wintersmommy Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2008 |
they had an exhibit about her going on at the Southfield Library..just ended http://www.cityofsouthfield.co m/NewsEvents/tabid/158/newsid1 480/469/mid/1480/Southfield-Pu blic-Library-to-host-Viola-Liu zzo-An-Exemplary-Woman-in-Extr aordinary-Times-exhibit-Januar y-15--February-6/Default.aspx | ||
Renf Member Username: Renf Post Number: 42 Registered: 11-2003 |
At least four books have been published about the murder of Livonia's Viola Luizzo in the Selma voting rights marches and the long litigation that followed involving the FBI's knowledge that she might be killed. If you enter Viola Luizzo in a search engine for a major book chain, you will find used copies available at low cost. | ||
Whaler Member Username: Whaler Post Number: 150 Registered: 08-2007 |
The Knowledge of this Forumis so cool..Here is the Wiki Version i do not always agree with them ..But this is very accurate... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V iola_Liuzzo | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5281 Registered: 06-2004 |
She's also been discussed here before - do a search | ||
Crash67 Member Username: Crash67 Post Number: 83 Registered: 05-2007 |
That exhibit recently at the Southfield Public Library had also been displayed at the Detroit Historical Museum, as I recall. I remember seeing it there. |
