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Farmer-Rick

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8. When I was 8 years old, my mother wanted to do the same thing

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Mar 26, 2023, 09:23 AM

Mar 2023

She was a mother of 4 back then. She was head of our local chapter of a civil rights group in MD. She had a huge fight with my Dad over it. She ended up not going because my Dad feared for her life.

We really had no idea that the FBI were the cause, support, and agitators of so much of the assassination, deaths and turmoil back then.

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On today's date - March 25, 1965, Viola Liuzzo, a housewife from Detroit, drove alone to Alabama... [View all] demmiblue Mar 2023 OP

It feels a bit like 'back to the future' out there, doesn't it? Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #1

So sad. There could be a movie made from her story. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #2

Absolutely. paleotn Mar 2023 #9

+ 2. n/t iluvtennis Mar 2023 #18

+++ KPN Mar 2023 #25

Acquitted in the Alabama courts. What has really changed in NoMoreRepugs Mar 2023 #3

Apparently nothing. evolves Mar 2023 #5

untill we live up to our creeds , pledges and other feel good stuff. it aint mount AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #17

Other than now making exceptions for college football and basketball players paleotn Mar 2023 #11

Not a hell of a lot outside the cities Warpy Mar 2023 #14

The date. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #24

Thank you for this history lesson. panader0 Mar 2023 #4

Thank you for posting this piece of HISTORY. Duppers Mar 2023 #6

Will schools in FL be allowed to mention this story? TheRickles Mar 2023 #7

When I was 8 years old, my mother wanted to do the same thing Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #8

Thanks for posting. K&R. NNadir Mar 2023 #10

Never, ever forget. paleotn Mar 2023 #12

Thank you for bringing this historic woman to my attention. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #13

No, it was very big news in the North. marybourg Mar 2023 #21

You're probably right. As I was in HS at the time, (in a Boston suburb) I probably wasn't Fla Dem Mar 2023 #26

thank you for the history. its amaiZing on what u learn on du. AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #15

Thank you for posting this! WestMichRad Mar 2023 #16

+ 1. n/t iluvtennis Mar 2023 #19

George Wallace threatened to charge the FBI informant Frances Mar 2023 #20

I don't think she has gotten the recognition she deserves. Her murder was a big event to many LoisB Mar 2023 #22

I still remember her name. Thanks for putting her in front of us. NBachers Mar 2023 #23