Recy Taylor

Recy Taylor

Recy Taylor (born December 31, 1919) is an African American woman from Abbeville in Henry County, Alabama, USA. On September 3, 1944, she was kidnapped while leaving church and brutally gang-raped by six white men. Even though the men admitted the rape to authorities, two grand juries subsequently declined to indict the men, meaning no charges were ever brought against her six assailants.In 2011, the Alabama House of Representatives apologized on behalf of the state "for its failure to prosecute her attackers." Taylor's rape and the subsequent court cases were among the first instances of nationwide protest and activism among the African American community, and ended up providing an early organizational spark for the Civil Rights Movement. Wikipedia

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Oprah visits Alabama grave of Recy Taylor, woman honored in Globes speech
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Black lawmakers to salute Alabama's Recy Taylor at State of the Union
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Recy Taylor was gang raped by six armed white men in 1944. Her story was an early catalyst for the civil rights movement.
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