Her bravery lives on: Recy Taylor, Alabama woman and anti-rape activist at the forefront of a brutal
By: Erica M. Ponder In wake of the #MeToo movement, our underrated, unsung heroes are gaining some much deserved recognition, even as their lives come to an end. Recy Taylor, an African-American woman who challenged the justice system after she was abducted and gang raped by six white men in Abbeville, Alabama, has died just three days shy of her 98th birthday. According to NBC News, Taylor’s brother, Robert Corbitt, told officials she died peacefully in a nursing home in Abb