Documentary: The Rape of Recy Taylor

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, which ultimately led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. From sexual aggression on ‘40s southern streets to today’s college campuses, it is control of women’s bodies that powered the movement in Recy Taylor’s day and fuels our outrage today. Join us for an exclusive screening of this critically acclaimed documentary. Refreshments served.  91 minutes.