Lowndesboro in Lowndes County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Viola Liuzzo
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 27, 2013
1. Viola Liuzzo Marker
Viola Liuzzo
who gave her life in the
struggle for the right to vote... March 25, 1965
Presented by SCLC/WOMEN
Evelyn G. Lowery, National Convener
- 1991 -
The Southern Christian Leadership
Conference
Joseph E. Lowery, President
Erected 1991 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference/W.O.M.E.N.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is March 25, 1965.
Location. 32° 15.707′ N, 86° 38.622′ W. Marker is in Lowndesboro, Alabama, in Lowndes County. It is on U.S. 80 at milepost 111, 2.2 miles west of County Road 29, on the right when traveling east. It is next to the Wright Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: U.S 80, Lowndesboro AL 36752, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Lewis-Smith Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Lowndesboro (approx. 2.3 miles away); Lowndesboro, Alabama / Lowndesboro Business District (approx. 2.4 miles away); CME Church (approx.
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Also see . . . Viola Liuzzo. (Submitted on February 3, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 27, 2013
2. Viola Liuzzo Marker
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 27, 2013
3. Viola Liuzzo Marker fencing.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 3,276 times since then and 57 times this year. Last updated on July 14, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1. submitted on May 27, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 2. submitted on December 27, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on May 19, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
