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Acclaimed documentary, 'The Rape of Recy Taylor' is in UK cinemas May 25.#SheSpokeUp“Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know too” – Oprah Winf...
- 3 min
- 10.1K
- Modern Films
Feb 6, 2018 · One young woman’s bravery in identifying her white rapists in 1944 Alabama triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. Watch Now: http://radi.al/TheRapeOf...
- 2 min
- 47.4K
- 1091 Pictures
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry ...
The Rape of Recy Taylor: Directed by Nancy Buirski. With Cynthia Erivo, Recy Taylor, Robert Corbitt, Alma Daniels. Mrs. Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama.
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- Documentary, History
- Nancy Buirski
- 2017-12-15
Dec 5, 2017 · The film is therefore a resonate, timely, and essential one simply because of its role in educating audiences about Recy Taylor and the unheralded women who did so much during the civil rights movement despite constantly being relegated to the shadows while orators like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X stole the spotlight.
- Jared Mobarak
Recy Taylor was a young mother from Alabama who was assaulted at gunpoint by a gang of six white youths as she left church. The attack took place in 1944. The attack took place in 1944.
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice.