![]() ![]() Seating for this program will be extremely limited, so please plan to arrive early the event is free and open to the public. Following the screening, Kwami Abdul-Bey, co-convenor of the Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (APJMM), will lead a discussion on the film’s themes and storylines with Anthony and Mary. Told through the eyes of her children, the film follows the on-going struggle of an American family to survive the consequences of their mother’s heroism and the mystery behind her killing. Mary is a leader in Civil and Human Rights education and awareness and annually joins in the commemorations of Bloody Sunday in Selma. Home of the Brave is about the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement in America and why we DON’T know who she is. Mary Liuzzo Lilleboe has interviewed those who were with their mother in her final days in order to continue Viola’s legacy and to feel closer to her. lives in Birmingham, closer to his mother’s memorial marker in Selma, and has studied race relations, community outreach, and public speaking. Viola’s life is recounted in the award-winning 2003 documentary ‘Home of the Brave’ and the books ‘From Selma to Sorrow’ and ‘Murder on the Highway: The Viola Liuzzo Story.’ Remembered for making the ultimate sacrifice, Viola was also a hero in life who believed in and fought for what is fair and just. Since her death, Viola’s children have taken up their mother’s cause – civil rights – and continued her unfinished work. ![]() While shuttling demonstrators between Selma and Montgomery, Liuzzo was shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for help, Liuzzo left her home and family in Detroit and headed to Alabama to assist the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with its efforts to register African American voters. Liuzzo was deeply affected by the events of Bloody Sunday (March 1965) where peaceful protestors in Selma were savagely beaten by Alabama state troopers. Gatson Bates Drive.Ī powerful and thought-provoking story, “Home of the Brave” examines the life of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman to be killed during the Civil Rights Movement. in the Little Rock Central High School NHS visitor center at 2120 W. The documentary screening will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site announces a free screening of the documentary “Home of the Brave” on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
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