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Death. Taylor died in her sleep at a nursing home at the age of 97 in Abbeville, Alabama, on December 28, 2017, just three days before her 98th birthday, [27] and just 20 days after The Rape of Recy Taylor was released. [28] She was buried next to her daughter's grave at New Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church.
Dec 29, 2017 · Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old African-American sharecropper, was walking home from church in Abbeville, Ala., on the night of Sept. 3, 1944, when she was abducted and raped by six white men. The...
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Dec 31, 2017 · 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.
Dec 29, 2017 · Recy Taylor, an African-American woman from Abbeville, Alabama, whose abduction and rape by six white men in 1944 made national headlines, died Thursday morning, her brother Robert Corbitt told...
Jan 6, 2018 · Recy Taylor obituary: Born December 31st, 1919 – Died December 28th, 2017 Recy Taylor photographed in 2010. Her rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention in the US.
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama, on Sept. 3, 1944, when she was abducted and gang-raped by six white men.
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Jul 26, 2018 · 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.
