Detroit commemorates civil activist with new monument

Name: Detroit commemorates civil activist with new monument
Uploaded: 2023-09-28T16:59:20Z
Duration: 2 min 41 s
Description: Detroiter Viola Liuzzo was targeted by the KKK in 1965 for helping to register Black voters in Alabama. She would later be murdered. But her influence remains and on Thursday, a $22,000 7-foot tall granite monument was unveiled by the Viola Liuzzo Park Association.

Detroiter Viola Liuzzo was targeted by the KKK in 1965 for helping to register Black voters in Alabama. She would later be murdered. But her influence remains and on Thursday, a $22,000 7-foot tall granite monument was unveiled by the Viola Liuzzo Park Association.

By Liz Lewin

Posted September 28, 2023 12:59pm EDT