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we are live in salma, alabama. and a community that served as a major turning point in the civil rights movements. my question, is are there lessons from 1965 that we still need to learn today? plus, trump and, cpac the conservative conference is over. former president making a typical bombastic speeches he attempts to retake the white house. does he really have the momentum to capture the republican augmentation? and later, a spike in child labor with migrant children as young as 13, being used to clean blood in this -- houses. i want to know what the biden administration is doing t...

In 1965 Viola Liuzzo heeded the call of Martin Luther King, Jr. and traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Selma, Alabama to assist the Selma to Montgomery March. Thirty-nine (39) years old and the mother of five, Viola was horrified seeing, on television, marchers beaten on the Edmond Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. She called…

Person. she did what she was meant to do. that's just the way that she lived. >> anthony, after your mother's death, your own family was affected because you received death threats. a cross was burned on your log as a child. shots were fired into your home. did any of that experience change in any way how you viewed your mother's willingness to go and fight for equal rights, for all people? >> no, it solidified our belief that what she did was right. she fought against hate everywhere. she used to say that hate hurts the hater, so she taught us not to hate. and that everybody was the same, no ...

All white male jury. later, they were convicted in federal court and sentenced to only ten years in prison. many of you at home might not have heard viola liuzzo's name before today, but i wanted you to hear her story and remember her as someone who made the ultimate sacrifice, for a more just future for everyone. so now joining me this morning to talk more about her legacy, is her son, anthony liuzzo, also a civil rights activist. anthony, an honor to have you, especially on the eve of the bloodiest on the anniversary. you are just a child when your mother left detroit to go help in some of. ...