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Alabama Senate Apologizes to Recy Taylor for 1944 Rape Case

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 22. Apr, 2011 in alabama, breaking news, civil rights cold case project, civil rights movement, race and racism, violence against women, women and feminism

The Alabama Senate joined the state House yesterday in passing a resolution for an official state apology to Recy Taylor, 91, who was raped by seven white men in Abbeville, Ala., in 1944. According to the AP: The Senate gave final approval Thursday on a voice vote to a resolution that expresses “deepest sympathy and deepest [...]

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