Recy Taylor
American civil rights activist and kidnap victim (1919-2017) · United States · On the map · Died at 97
Recy Taylor 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.
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In the 1940s, Taylor's bravery in speaking out about her rape by a group of white men and teenage boys led to organizing in the African-American community for justice and civil rights.
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United States
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2017 · aged 97