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1. 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 ...

2. apnews.com › article › 96dc1776f2dd49ea8f5cfee32342017aRecy Taylor, who fought for justice after 1944 rape, dies

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   Jan 8, 2018 · ABBEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — 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. Taylor was 24 when she was abducted and ...

3. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk › entry › recy-taylor-diesRecy Taylor, Whose 1944 Rape Inspired Black Women’s ...

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   Dec 29, 2017 · Taylor’s brother, Robert Corbitt, told NBC News that she died in her sleep at a nursing facility in her hometown of Abbeville. Taylor, who is survived by Corbitt along with two sisters, a ...

4. nmaahc.si.edu › explore › storiesRecy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and the Struggle for Racial Justice

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   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. The crime, which N.A.A.C.P. activist Rosa Parks investigated and which garnered extensive coverage in the black press, never saw the indictment of the accused.

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

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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. Born on December 31, 1919, to Benny and Alma Corbitt, Recy Taylor was the ...

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7. womenslibrary.org.uk › event › the-rape-of-recy-taylorThe Rape of Recy Taylor - Glasgow Women's Library

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   “Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know too” – Oprah Winfrey, Golden Globes 2018. Join us for the screening of this documentary about Recy Taylor and her fight for justice. Glasgow Women's Library Celebrating Scotland's Women

8. 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.

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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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   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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   When was Recy Taylor born?

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

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   Who is Recy Corbitt?

   • The Congressional Black Caucus led Democratic Caucus members in wearing red "Recy" pins while attending the 2018 State of the Union, where Taylor's granddaughter, Mary Joyce Owens, was a guest. Recy Corbitt was born on December 31, 1919, in rural Alabama, where her family were farmworkers doing sharecropping.

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   How did Rosa Parks bring justice for Mrs Recy Taylor?

   • Rosa Parks, in her instrumental work to bring justice for Taylor, spearheaded the creation of the "Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor" (CEJRT). It quickly gathered national support, with local chapters springing up across the United States.

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