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I started this blog in 2004 to write about things like this photo of my father and James Baldwin in Birmingham, AL in 1963 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. In time, however, blogging led to investigative journalism about unpunished lynchings and other violence from the civil rights era. In the summer of [...]

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Alabama Senate Apologizes to Recy Taylor for 1944 Rape Case

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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Alabama House Approves Apology for Recy Taylor

The Alabama House made an historic move Tuesday evening towards a state apology to Recy Taylor, 91, who was gang raped by 7 white men in Abbeville, Ala., in 1944. The AP reports: The House on Tuesday approved by an apparent unanimous voice vote a resolution that expresses “deepest sympathies and solemn regrets” to Recy [...]

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Recy Taylor Gets a Personal Sorry, But No Apology From Alabama

Yesterday, Abbeville city and Alabama state officials held a press conference at the Henry County Courthouse to express their sympathy for Recy Taylor, 91, a former Abbeville resident who was gang raped there by seven white men in 1944. But the officials made clear the apologies were personal rather than on behalf of the city [...]

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Possible Apology to Recy Taylor for Obstruction of Justice in Racist Gang Rape

The Update This morning in an op-ed at the Anniston Star, I reported that an apology to Recy Taylor may be forthcoming soon from the city of Abbeville and Henry County, AL. Last Wednesday, I reported for Colorlines.com that state Rep. Dexter Grimsley, D-Newville, wants Alabama to issue a formal state apology to Recy Taylor, [...]

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Recy Taylor’s 67 Year Quest for Justice

My latest is out on Colorlines. Here’s an excerpt: At 91, Recy Taylor May Finally See Alabama Acknowledge Her 1944 Rape Recy Taylor was abducted and raped at gunpoint by seven white men in Abbeville, Ala., on Sept. 3, 1944. Her attack, one of uncounted numbers on black women throughout the Jim Crow era in [...]

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