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This FBI file concerns the 1965 murder of civil rights volunteer Viola Liuzzo after the Selma-to-Montgomery march in Alabama. The records include Bureau memoranda, teletypes, background checks, and reports sent to senior FBI officials, the Justice Department, and the White House. They describe Liuzzo's role transporting march participants, the shooting in Lowndes County on March 25, 1965, and Leroy Jerome Moton's presence in her car. The file also identifies four Ku Klux Klan members as subjects after their March 26 arrest and records the federal civil-rights investigation.

FBI file number: 44-28601 | Documents span: 1965 | Released in 17 parts | parts 1-9 attached here, the rest in the posts below
Names in this file: Viola Liuzzo, Anthony J. Liuzzo, Leroy Jerome Moton, George C. Wallace, Marvin Watson, Robert Swinney, Lisa Senkler, Evans Johnson, William Orville Eaton, Gary Thomas Rowe Jr., Paul Schoeffert
Subjects: civil rights, Selma to Montgomery march, murder investigation, Ku Klux Klan, voting rights, FBI

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Parts 10-17 of the file.

These parts contain FBI memoranda, teletypes, letterhead memoranda, and court-related records from April 21 through May 11, 1965, concerning the state prosecution of Collie Leroy Wilkins. They document defense subpoenas directed at FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Gary Thomas Rowe, Rowe's wife, and other prospective witnesses, as well as efforts to prepare and transport Rowe's FBI payment receipts to Hayneville for possible use by the prosecution. The records also report Klan interest in locating Rowe, discuss precautions against a possible arrest of Rowe while testifying, and include material concerning the May 3 trial proceedings and the defense attorney Matt Murphy's actions.