[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1214 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1214

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2010

   Mr. Carson of Indiana (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 United States.

Whereas Viola Liuzzo, a White woman from desegregated Michigan, courageously 
        volunteered to assist the ongoing civil rights movement in Alabama in 
        1965;
Whereas Viola Liuzzo knowingly risked her life in an effort to ensure that every 
        United States citizen be given the right to vote;
Whereas Viola Liuzzo participated in the March 12, 1965, civil rights protest at 
        Wayne State University;
Whereas Viola Liuzzo traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March of 1965 to take part 
        in the upcoming march to the State capital in Montgomery;
Whereas, shortly after the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 
        on March 25, 1965, Viola Liuzzo was murdered by members of the Klu Klux 
        Klan because of her efforts to ensure that every United States citizen 
        be given the right to vote;
Whereas the Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally ensured that all people in the 
        United States can exercise their constitutionally guaranteed 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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