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True Believer
Viola Liuzzo was a woman who believed that the concept of American
Freedom should apply to all regardless of race. She did he part by
participating in the numerous boycotts and marches during the
civil rights movement. She was murdered by a car full of "men"
while shuttling Black people to a meeting. Hers is a story thats
often lost in the history books so i thought i would try to bring
it to light.
Viola Liuzzo was a woman who believed that the concept of American
Freedom should apply to all regardless of race. She did he part by
participating in the numerous boycotts and marches during the
civil rights movement. She was murdered by a car full of "men"
while shuttling Black people to a meeting. Hers is a story thats
often lost in the history books so i thought i would try to bring
it to light.
Stolen Life
I was flicking through the channels one nights at about 3 am and i
saw a movie with Lou Gossett Jr about a boy named Linus Bragg that
was electrocuted by the state of South Carolina for a murder he
didn't commit. The movie wasn't very well made and the story was
far fetched, I thought. When i looked up the Movie on the net and
found out that there was a boy named George Stinney Jr. Who shortly
after his birthday and weighing barely 90pounds was arrested for
the murder of two young white girls, with a two foot long railroad
spike weighing over 30 pounds. His trial lasted three hours
including the jury deliberations and sentencing of death, there was
no appeal for George. His lawyers defense was to give him mercy
because he couldn't help himself being just a nigger. Then he was
executed in a government sanctioned lynching. He was killed in
1944, due to the war his story never reached the mainstream media.
It wasn't until may years later that a relative of his went back
and found evidence that may have proven him innocent. When I look
at his picture there in his prison uniform I can't help but see the
pain in his eyes and helplessness of his situation.
I was flicking through the channels one nights at about 3 am and i
saw a movie with Lou Gossett Jr about a boy named Linus Bragg that
was electrocuted by the state of South Carolina for a murder he
didn't commit. The movie wasn't very well made and the story was
far fetched, I thought. When i looked up the Movie on the net and
found out that there was a boy named George Stinney Jr. Who shortly
after his birthday and weighing barely 90pounds was arrested for
the murder of two young white girls, with a two foot long railroad
spike weighing over 30 pounds. His trial lasted three hours
including the jury deliberations and sentencing of death, there was
no appeal for George. His lawyers defense was to give him mercy
because he couldn't help himself being just a nigger. Then he was
executed in a government sanctioned lynching. He was killed in
1944, due to the war his story never reached the mainstream media.
It wasn't until may years later that a relative of his went back
and found evidence that may have proven him innocent. When I look
at his picture there in his prison uniform I can't help but see the
pain in his eyes and helplessness of his situation.
The Cowboy and the Preacher
Though John Kennedy receives most of the credit for the
government getting involved in civil rights most of the actual
legislature was passed under Lyndon Johnson. Johnson had a
reputation as being a cowboy and sort of a "country bumkin", but
he worked closely with Martin Luther King to make many important
reforms to our Constitution. Among those accomplishments were the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Right Act, and the
Nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court.
Though John Kennedy receives most of the credit for the
government getting involved in civil rights most of the actual
legislature was passed under Lyndon Johnson. Johnson had a
reputation as being a cowboy and sort of a "country bumkin", but
he worked closely with Martin Luther King to make many important
reforms to our Constitution. Among those accomplishments were the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Right Act, and the
Nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court.