
Recy Taylor
Recy Taylor was born on December 31, 1919 in Abbeville, Alabama, USA. She is known for The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017). She was married to Willie Guy Taylor. She died on December 28, 2017 in Abbeville.
Movies
- Dec 14, 2017
- English
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. The film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story.