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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 ...
Dec 29, 2017 · 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 ...
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Jun 6, 2018 · 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 Systemic Injustice; of . Notable Deaths 2017.
Dec 31, 2017 · The Alabama Legislature passed a resolution apologizing to her in 2011. A 2017 documentary was made of the case, called "The Rape of Recy Taylor." Taylor is survived by her brother Robert Corbitt along with two sisters, a granddaughter and multiple great-grandchildren. Her daughter Joyce Lee Taylor tragically died in a car accident in 1967.
Jan 8, 2018 · Recy Taylor died on December 28, 2017, a few days before her 98th birthday. She passed away in her sleep at a nursing home in Abbeville. Continued Recognition.
Dec 20, 2017 · Dec. 20, 2017 Updated Thu., Dec. 28, 2017 at 7:45 p.m. Recy Taylor is seen Oct. 7, 2010, at her home in Winter Haven, Fla. Black and white leaders from a rural southeast Alabama community ...
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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 ...