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In celebration of Black History Month, we commemorate two courageous women who did not stand down but stood up for justice. They were murdered for their activities and/or roles during America’s iconic Civil Rights Movement.
Viola liuzzo, a White Civil Rights Activist, “on March 25, 1965, she was shot in the head and killed by a car full of Klansmen, while driving on a deserted highway. — Zinn Education Project
“In Aug. 5, 1965, Alberta O. Jones, a civil rights activist and the first woman to become a prosecutor in Louisville was beaten in the head with a brick until she lost consciousness and thrown into the Ohio River, where she drowned.” — The Washington Post
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