Recy Taylor, Catalyst for Anti-Rape Activism in the Jim Crow South, Dead at 97 | The Root

[dropcap]Taylor’s[/dropcap] death was confirmed by her younger brother, 81-year-old Robert Lee Corbitt, according to The Undefeated.

In addition to being a central figure in At the Dark End of the Street, Taylor was the subject of a documentary released earlier this month called The Rape of Recy Taylor, which focuses on the use of white sexual terror against black women during the Jim Crow era. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]

The racially motivated rape of black women by white men was as prominent during Jim Crow as the lynching of black men was, but it is a topic that is not as discussed. Sexual violence against black women often goes overlooked.

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