Movie
The Rape of Recy Taylor (2019)
She spoke up
Documentary
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 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.
Director: Nancy Buirski Starring: Tommy Bernardi, Cynthia Erivo
The Rape of Recy Taylor Cast
- Tommy Bernardi as Billy Howerton
- Cynthia Erivo as Rosa Parks
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