The Rape of Recy Taylor

6.7

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1h 31mDocumentary History

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.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 rapi... Read more

Starring Tommy Bernardi, Cynthia Erivo

Watch "The Rape of Recy Taylor" from streaming services Google Play, Rakuten, BFI Player and several more released in 2019. It's a documentary and history movie, and has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.