‘Detroit gets it done’: Family speaks after civil rights icon Viola Liuzzo honored with street naming

DETROIT – Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit civil rights icon, was honored this weekend with the unveiling of a secondary street in her name. The street is near Pembroke Academy at Pembroke and Mansfield on the city’s west side.

It comes over 60 years after the then 39-year-old was killed by the Ku Klux Klan.

Now, her family is keeping her story alive and speaking one-on-one with Local 4…

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