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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 ...

  2. American civil rights activist (1929–2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Recy Taylor (née Corbitt; December 31, 1919 – December 28, 2017): 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.

  3. 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 ...

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    Recy Corbitt was born on December 31st, 1919 to Bennie Corbitt and Alma Culver. After her mother Alma passed away in 1937, Recy helped to raise her brothers and sisters with her devotion to them continuing even after she married and started her own family. Her youngest brother, Robert Lee, described her as "the only mother [he] ever knew".

    On September 6th, 1941 she married Willie Guy Taylor.They had one child, a daughter, Joyce Lee, who was born on June 4th, 1942. Joyce died tragically in June of 1967 in a car accident. Joyce's daughter Evangeline also died in the accident.

    Recy was born into a farming and sharecropping family and continue this occupation for most of her adult life. She first worked on farms in Abbeville and Lawrenceville in Alabama before moving to Florida to pick oranges.

    On the night of September 3rd, 1944, Recy was brutally raped by six white men who kidnapped her at gunpoint when she was walking home from church. Under threat of death, Recy defied her assailants and told her father what happened. She would go on to tell the sheriff and refuse to remain silent despite having her home firebombed. In her own words, ...

    After living in Florida for many years, Recy returned to Abbeville, Alabama to be with family in her declining years. She passed away peacefully on December 28th, 2017 just three days shy of her 98th birthday.

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    • December 31, 1919
    • Willie Guy Taylor
    • December 28, 2017
  4. Jan 8, 2018 · Last Updated: September 15, 2020. Original Published Date: January 8, 2018. Recy Taylor was an African American woman who was gang-raped by a group of young, white men in Alabama in 1944. Despite ...

  5. Recy Elisabeth Taylor (December 31, 1919 – December 28, 2017) [2] was an African-American kidnapping and rape victim and activist. Incident. On September 3 ...

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  7. 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 ...

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