Viola, Viola, you laid your young life down
From Selma to heaven, 3 Ks took you out
Color blind angel battled bigotry
Viola, Viola lives on in history
Left your home in the winterland, southbound with a dream
Edmund Pettis bridge, violence on the screen
Freedom summer of '65 is where you had to be
Stand up for your fellow man, erase hypocrisy
March 25, Alabama, along a lonesome road
Shots rang out on a hate-filled night, now the world would know
Motor City mother, lily-white and sincere
Gave her life for the civil rights, fought against the fear
Walkin' for the right to vote seems old-fashioned now
Martin's vision reigns supreme, all colors can be proud
The legacy of all that fought goes on eternally
Women and men from walks of life live on in history
From Selma to heaven, 3 Ks took you out
Color blind angel battled bigotry
Viola, Viola lives on in history
Left your home in the winterland, southbound with a dream
Edmund Pettis bridge, violence on the screen
Freedom summer of '65 is where you had to be
Stand up for your fellow man, erase hypocrisy
March 25, Alabama, along a lonesome road
Shots rang out on a hate-filled night, now the world would know
Motor City mother, lily-white and sincere
Gave her life for the civil rights, fought against the fear
Walkin' for the right to vote seems old-fashioned now
Martin's vision reigns supreme, all colors can be proud
The legacy of all that fought goes on eternally
Women and men from walks of life live on in history
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 5/6/2017 - 13:19
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Parole e musica di Robin Rogers, blues singer-songwriter di Charlotte, North Carolina, chitarrista e armonicista, scomparsa nel 2010 a soli 55 anni
Nel suo album del 2008 intitolato “Treat Me Right”
Testo trovato in “Strange Fruit: An Experience”, una ricerca di Héctor Martínez su musica nera e segregazionismo.
Una canzone dedicata a Viola Liuzzo, una donna bianca, madre di 5 figli, seguace della Chiesa Unitariana Universalista, militante antisegregazionista, che nel 1965 fu uccisa da killer del Ku Klux Klan mentre, insieme ad un giovane afromaericano, tornava in auto dalla terza delle marce da Selma a Montgomery.
Si scoprì poi che uno degli assassini era un informatore dell'FBI. Due settimane dopo il funerale di Viola Liuzzo, il Klan piazzò una croce infuocata nel giardino dell'abitazione della sua famiglia...
In quegli stessi giorni i segregazionisti uccisero anche un altro aderente alla Chiesa Unitariana Universalista, il reverendo James Reeb, sul quale si veda l'introduzione a Marching 'Round Selma.