Viola Liuzzo a été tué en 1965 par des membres du KKK après avoir supporté la défense des droits civiques à Selma. Aujourd'hui considérée comme une figure positive, elle fut pourtant victime de bien des attaques à l'époque. Ses enfants ont du supporter les injures et les accusations déplacées de racistes. Certain ont affirmé que Mme Liuzzo avait mérité son sort... Alors que la Cour suprême évalue la possibilité d'annuler le voting rights act de 1965, CNN met en lumière l'histoire de Viola Liuzzo et de sa famille. Le débat entourant le voting rights act n'est pas que constitutionnel, il est également symbolique et émotif.
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"She was murdered while giving a ride to a 19-year-old black man, Leroy Moton, one of many civil rights marchers she had driven around Selma. Liuzzo had joined the movement's carpool system soon after arriving in the small Alabama town. Liuzzo's murder became international news. Her photo became a fixture in history books. Her name has been inscribed on civil rights memorials throughout the United States.
But people had far less sympathy for Liuzzo when she was murdered. Hate mail flooded her family's Detroit home, accusing her of being a deranged communist. Crosses were burned in front of the home. Her husband, Anthony Liuzzo Sr., had to hire armed guards to protect his family.
A Ladies' Home Journal magazine survey taken right after Liuzzo's death asked its readers what kind of woman would leave her family for a civil rights demonstration. The magazine suggested that she had brought death on herself by leaving home -- and 55% of its readers agreed.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/28/politics/civil-rights-viola-liuzzo/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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