This week on Horrible History, Emily heads to Montgomery, Alabama to tell the story of baaadddd bitttchhh Viola Luizzo, an American civil rights activist killed by the KKK in March 1965. Then, Rachel tells the story of Charles Ponzi, an Italian swindler and con artist whose name is where we get the term "Ponzi Scheme."

Hopefully, you're horrified!

Sources: 

• NPR
• Washington Post 
• Detroit Historical 
• MIWF
• Ignatius NYC
• CNN
• Britannica 
• Time
• Wikipedia 
• Biography 
• Smithsonian Mag

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