• Episode 8: Viola Freakin' Liuzzo

  • Sep 3 2020
  • Length: 30 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 8: Viola Freakin' Liuzzo

  • Summary

  • Viola Liuzzo.  Civil Rights Activist.  One Bad B.  Brittney and Laycee's new queen.

    Viola Liuzzo was a housewife who said "eff this" to racism and died at 39 thanks to hatred.  She was a woman ahead of her (and our) time.

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    Brittney went labia deep in research this week, so here are all of our sources.  Once we figure out Google Docs we will have a dedicated document of all sauce material for shows.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Liuzzo

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches#March_to_Montgomery

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/15/a-white-mother-went-to-alabama-to-fight-for-civil-rights-the-klan-killed-her-for-it/

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/27/Federal-judge-clears-FBI-in-Liuzzo-case/5845422856000/

    https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/12/209595935/killed-for-taking-part-in-everybody-s-fight

    https://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/killed-kkk-and-smeared-fbi-civil-rights-martyr-finally-hailed-hero

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/12/29/relatives-of-rights-worker-liuzzo-file-2-million-claim-against-fbi/9ab90046-825f-4601-a0f5-91f85c3185d5/

    https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/07/16/liuzzo-family-pushes-to-strike-hoover-name-from-fbi-building/

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/27/Federal-judge-clears-FBI-in-Liuzzo-case/5845422856000/

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/murdered-civil-rights-activist-a-mother-who-made-a_b_591e286ee4b0e8f558bb2518 

    https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement

    https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march

    Make Good Choices.
    Black Lives Matter.
    Fellow white people - learn a thing or 4 from Viola.

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