# Viola Liuzzo

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In a World Full of Horribleness, Be a Viola Liuzzo

Karen explores the radical courage of Viola Liuzzo's journey from a Detroit housewife to a civil rights martyr whose ultimate sacrifice catalyzed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal da…

That Time I Interviewed...Viola Liuzzo's Son

In this moving interview, Anthony Liuzzo reflects on the enduring legacy of his mother, Viola Liuzzo, a dedicated civil rights activist who made the ultimate sacrifice for the voting rights movement after the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswi…

Why We Can't Stop Talking About Race: A Conversation with Carole Copeland Thomas

Carole Copeland Thomas has been black all her life — and she's spent decades making sure that means something in every room she walks into. Born in a Black hospital in Detroit during segregation, raised in a middle-class family where college was expected and Black excellence was the air she breathe…

Why We Can't Stop Talking About Race: A Conversation with Carole Copeland Thomas

Carole Copeland Thomas has been black all her life — and she's spent decades making sure that means something in every room she walks into. Born in a Black hospital in Detroit during segregation, raised in a middle-class family where college was expected and Black excellence was the air she breathe…

White Woman Murdered Herstory Ignored

https://youtu.be/7NblTUVFl_U?si=QwHyZT2NdvSVZLgU Viola Liuzzo Viola Liuzzo marched from Selma to Montgomery with thousands demanding voting rights. She was a 39‑year‑old mother of five who believed that injustice anywhere was everyone’s responsibility. After the march, she volunteered to drive tire…

White Allies Killed During the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson Plan: White Allies Killed During the Civil Rights Movement Brief Historical Statement Several white Americans were killed during the civil rights movement because they chose to stand publicly with Black communities in the struggle for justice. Rev. James Reeb, a white Unitarian minister from…

America Is Being Judged—and We are Not Ready.

Take a moment and sit with this: A country can be both powerful and fragile at the same time. We can be proud—and still be in the wrong. And right now, we’re standing in the middle of a reckoning. The question isn’t why anymore… It’s what we do next. There’s a hard truth we don’t want to acknowledg…

The FBI Paid a Klansman Who Helped Murder 4 Little Girls

Gary Thomas Rowe was an FBI informant inside the Ku Klux Klan's most violent chapter. Under COINTELPRO, the FBI paid him while he beat Freedom Riders in Birmingham, participated in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and rode in the car when civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was shot dead on t…

Detroit historian and Secondary Street Sign manager Janese Chapman has passed away

Detroit historian Janese Chapman has died. She led the city’s historic designation advisory board, which aims to protect Detroit’s architectural and cultural heritage. She also managed the Secondary Street Sign program, which honors well known Detroiters by adding their names to selected roads. S…

Viola's Courage 25 OCT 2026

Every movement for justice begins when someone finds the courage to leave the sidelines. Through the story of Viola Liuzzo, a Unitarian Universalist who gave her life supporting the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. John explores how choosing love and justice can become the beginning of change.