{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Strange Country Ep. 309: Viola Liuzzo","description":"It may seem the government\u2019s technique of denigrating the people they kill to make it appear that the killing was justified is a new fun thing in 2026, but we\u2019ve been here before. It\u2019s likely you\u2019ve never heard of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered during the Civil Rights Movement. Her name kept popping up on the social media accounts of historians after the murders of Renee Good and Alexi Pretti, trying to tell us all once again to maybe pay attention to the past. In this episode of Strange Country, cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about Liuzzo\u2019s life and how J. Edgar Hoover made sure to smear her as a drug-taking, orgy-loving, baby-neglecting mother who deserved being shot in a head by klansmen. Theme music: Big White Lie by&amp;nbsp;A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Baird, Jonathan. \u201cThe tragic and forgotten story of Viola Liuzzo.\u201d The Nation, 4 November 2024, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/travellog\/the-tragic-and-forgotten-story-of-viola-liuzzo\/. Accessed 30 January 2026. Baumgartner, Neil. \u201cViola Gregg Luizzo.\u201d Jim Crow Museum, February 2013, https:\/\/jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu\/witnesses\/violaliuzzo.htm. Accessed 30 January 2026. \u201cCity officials unveil new civil rights memorial monument honoring Viola Liuzzo at park bearing her name.\u201d City of Detroit, 28 September 2023. Accessed 8 February 2026. Crayton, Kareem. \u201cThe Voting Rights Act, Explained.\u201d Brennan Center for Justice, 17 July 2023, https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/voting-rights-act-explained. Accessed 8 February 2026. Dalby, Beth. \u201cKilled by KKK and Smeared by FBI, Civil Rights Martyr Finally Hailed as Hero.\u201d Patch, 7 April 2015, https:\/\/patch.com\/michigan\/ferndale\/killed-kkk-and-smeared-fbi-civil-rights-martyr-finally-hailed-hero-0. Accessed 8 February 2026. Daley, David. \u201cJohn Roberts\u2019s Decades-Long Project to Neuter the Voting Rights Act.\u201d The Atlantic, 10 December 2025, https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/2025\/12\/justice-roberts-voting-rights-act\/685193\/. Accessed 8 February 2026. di Florio, Paola, director. Home of the Brave. Emerging Pictures, 2004. Amazon Prime. Kaufman, Michael T. \u201cGary T. Rowe Jr., 64, Who Informed on Klan In Civil Rights Killing, Is Dead (Published 1998).\u201d The New York Times, 4 October 1998, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1998\/10\/04\/us\/gary-t-rowe-jr-64-who-informed-on-klan-in-civil-rights-killing-is-dead.html. Accessed 8 February 2026. May, Gary. The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo. Yale University Press, 2005. ","author_name":"Strange Country ","author_url":"http:\/\/strangecountry.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40156445\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/198722995"}