Recy and Rosa (1944) w/ Danielle McGuire

This Day (An America 250 History Show) · Sep 3, 2020 · 16m

It’s September 3rd. On this day in 1944, a woman by the name of Recy Taylor was raped in Abbeville, Alabama.

Jody and Niki are joined by Danielle McGuire to discuss how Taylor’s case became one of the most notable cases in the early modern civil rights movement — and an important chapter in the political life of Rosa Parks.

Danielle McGuire’s book is “At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Race and Resistance -- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power.”

Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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