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1. www.nytimes.com › notable-deaths › recy-taylorNotable Deaths 2017: Recy Taylor - The New York Times

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   Jun 6, 2018 · JUNE 6, 2018. Mrs. Taylor in a 1944 photograph. ... Recy Taylor Died on December 28, 2017 at age 97. ... Read Obituary; Watch Video; Review: ‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’ Takes a Deep Dive Into ...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Recy_TaylorRecy Taylor - Wikipedia

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   Recy Taylor (née Corbitt; December 31, 1919 – December 28, 2017) [2]: 297 was an African-American woman from Abbeville in Henry County, Alabama. She was born and raised in a sharecropping family in the Jim Crow era Southern United States. In the 1940s, Taylor's refusal to remain silent about her rape by white men led to organizing in the ...

3. www.findagrave.com › memorial › 186201816Recy Corbitt Taylor (1919-2017) - Find a Grave Memorial

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   Dec 31, 2017 · Memorial ID. Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention, died Thursday. She was 97. Taylor died in her sleep at a nursing home in Abbeville, her brother Robert Corbitt said. He said Taylor had been in good spirits the previous day and her death was sudden. She would have been 98 on Sunday.

4. www.blackpast.org › african-american-history › taylor-rRecy Taylor (1919-2017) - Blackpast

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   Jul 26, 2018 · Recy Taylor (1919-2017) Recy Taylor, an African-American woman who grew up as a sharecropper in Abbeville, Alabama, was raped on September 3, 1944, by six white men. Her refusal to remain silent after her rape brought attention to the sexual abuse of African-American women in the Jim Crow South. Born on December 31, 1919, to Benny and Alma ...

5. www.wfdd.org › story › how-recy-taylor-spoke-outHow Recy Taylor Spoke Out Against Her Rape, Decades Before #MeToo

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   Then she said the name Recy Taylor, who died in December. ... 2018. by Wynne Davis. News; Remembrances; obituary; National; Share . ... Taylor died on Dec. 28, 2017, at 97 in Abbeville, three days ...

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7. www.waka.com › 2017/12/29 › civil-rights-pioneerCivil Rights Pioneer Recy Taylor Dies at 97 - WAKA 8

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   Dec 29, 2017 · Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention, has died. She was 97. Taylor’s brother Robert Corbitt says she died in her sleep Thursday at a nursing home in Abbeville. She would have been 98 on Sunday. Taylor was 24 when she was abducted and raped as she walked home from church in Abbeville.

8. www.nps.gov › people › mrsrecytaylor1919-2017Mrs. Recy Taylor (1919-2017) - U.S. National Park Service

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   Dec 28, 2017 · Date of Birth: December 13, 1919. Place of Death: Abbeville, Alabama. Date of Death: December 28, 2017. For centuries, Black women have been survivors of sexual assault. While many have chosen silence as a survival mechanism, there is a long and overlooked history of Black women, like Mrs. Recy Taylor, upholding the tradition of testimony and ...

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   Is Recy Taylor still alive?

   • Recy Taylor (1919–2017) She was born on December 31, 1919 in Abbeville, Alabama, USA, and died on December 28, 2017 in Abbeville.

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   How did Recy Taylor pass away?

   • Recy Taylor passed away in December 2017, at the age of 97. In 1944, she was kidnapped at gunpoint and raped by six white men while walking home from a church in Abbeville, Alabama. Although the men were arrested, they were never prosecuted. ‘The attack, like many involving black victims during the Jim Crow era in the South, never went to trial.’

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   When was Recy Taylor born?

   • Recy Taylor was born on December 31, 1919 in Abbeville, Alabama, USA as Recy Corbitt.

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   When did Recy Taylor's rape occur?

   • Recy Taylor's rape occurred in 1944. That decades-long struggle began with her courageous encounter of intimidation and active participation in two separate trials to bring her attackers to justice.

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   What happened to Mrs. Recy Taylor and her family?

   • Mrs. Recy Taylor and her family faced violent intimidation. Their home was firebombed as they slept. The next day, they moved in with her father and siblings. Corbitt, Recy’s father, took guard every night in a tree with a gun until daybreak.

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   How did Recy Taylor impact the Civil Rights Movement?

   • Recy Taylor's case signaled the intent of the Committee for Equal Justice for Recy Taylor to wage war on the ritual rape and everyday assaults of Black women, marking a major step towards the formation of the civil rights movement.

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