[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 420 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 420

 Recognizing and commending Viola Liuzzo for her extraordinary courage 
                and for her contribution to the Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 1996

   Mr. Jacobs (for himself and Mr. Conyers) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing and commending Viola Liuzzo for her extraordinary courage 
                and for her contribution to the Nation.

Whereas the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the most salutary legislative 
        Acts of the 20th century;
Whereas Viola Liuzzo was a courageous civil rights worker who knowingly risked 
        her life in an effort to ensure that every American citizen be given the 
        right to vote;
Whereas, shortly after the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, 
        Alabama, Viola Liuzzo was murdered because of her efforts to ensure that 
        every American citizen be given the right to vote; and
Whereas Viola Liuzzo's civil rights work and her martyrdom hastened the passage 
        of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes and commends 
Viola Liuzzo for her extraordinary courage and for her contribution to 
ensuring that the United States is a nation ``with liberty and justice 
for all''.
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