Tag: Recy Taylor
Oprah Winfrey-backed ‘Rape of Recy Taylor’ recounts woman’s ordeal
When Oprah Winfrey saluted unheralded #MeToo crusaders at the Golden Globes last January, she chose a rape victim from 1940s Alabama to drive home...
Oprah visits grave of Alabama civil rights icon Recy Taylor
On Tuesday, Oprah Winfrey visited the grave of Recy Taylor, an African-American Alabama woman whose story Winfrey highlighted in her recent Golden Globes speech.
Taylor was a...
Oprah Winfrey honors Alabama’s Recy Taylor in Golden Globe Awards speech
At the 2018 Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. During her acceptance...
Recy Taylor, Alabama civil rights icon, dies at 97
Recy Taylor, the black woman from Alabama whose rape by six white men drew national attention in 1944, passed away on Thursday morning just days before her...
