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Recy Taylor
Status
Unsolved
Type
Homicide
Date
September 3, 1944
Location
Abbeville, Alabama
Victim Age
24
Gender
Female
Recy Taylor, a young Black woman, was gang-raped by six white men while walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama. Two grand juries refused to indict the perpetrators. Rosa Parks investigated the case for the NAACP. Taylor lived to see renewed public attention before her death in 2017. No one was ever prosecuted.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
September 3, 1944, Abbeville, AL
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