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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
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 ...
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
In 1944, when African-American wife and mother Recy Taylor is gang raped by six white men in Alabama, she speaks out against her attackers, putting herself and her family in danger. Fandango at ...
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- Tommy Bernardi
- Nancy Buirski
- Drama
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.
- (668)
- Documentary, History
- Nancy Buirski
- 2017-12-15
Dec 8, 2017 · The Rape of Recy Taylor is the epic story of sexual violence in Jim Crow South. It is the little-known story of courageous black women who waged war to take back their bodies and their dignity, and whose vocal protests helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement 10 years later. Boldly speaking up against her rapists and putting her life and that of her family’s in grave danger, Recy Taylor ...
Nov 21, 2017 · Nancy Buirski’s documentary The Rape of Recy Taylor premiered its first trailer today to paint a tragic picture of the titular Taylor and her story that rings true to today’s treatment of women — black women in particular.
