I am the Vice President of the Constitutional Center outreach center. I want to welcome you. We are spending a lot of time marking the orient anniversary of the Voting Rights act, looking at through the lens of , the a low liuzzo. Liuzzo. Im sure you have been upstairs. Least the stories of at are 2200 people and they viola liuzzo and john lewis, who was supposed to be here tonight, but is stuck in washington. Derry may wrote a very interesting and compelling book to talk about the fbis role in the murder of viola eurozone liuzzo and other factors. Gary, thank you. [applause] mr. May thank you. Thank you to everyone body was removed for autopsy. You may recall he was a teenager who went down to mississippi to visit his uncle and cousins. Ot entirely sure what happened he may have flirted with a young 21yearold woman at the grocery store. Know till was kidnapped from his uncles home by two men in the middle of the night and tortured and murdered. His body was thrown into the tallahassee
Good evening. My name is tony green. I am the Vice President for programs and National Outreach at the National Constitution center. I want to welcome you. Today, we are spending a lot of time marking the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights act. Were looking at it through the lens of one woman, viola liuzzo, who died in the Civil Rights Movement. Upstairs, and im sure all of you have been to the National Constitution Center Exhibit space, we have something called the American National tree, which has the stories of 100 people. And two of the people on there, at least, are heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and the battle to get to the Voting Rights act, and they are viola liuzzo and john lewis, who is supposed to be here tonight, but unfortunately is stuck in washington for votes. Gary may, who has written a very readable, interesting, and compelling book, is with us tonight to talk about the fbis role in Viola Liuzzos murder, the ku klux klan, and the other factors that led to why