Taylor was 24 when she was abducted and raped as she walked home from church in Abbeville. Her attackers left her on the side of the road in an isolated area. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) assigned Rosa Parks to investigate the case, and she rallied support for justice for Taylor.
Two all-white, all-male grand juries declined to indict the six white men who admitted to authorities that they assaulted her.
Friday, December 29, 2017
Recy Taylor
Guardian UK: Recy Taylor, black Alabama woman raped by six white men in 1944, dies aged 97 - Taylor was attacked by six white men as she walked home from church - Men who admitted assault were not indicted by all-white, all-male grand juries
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