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Taylor, Recy, 1919-2017

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Personal name headingTaylor, Recy, 1919-2017
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Variant(s)Corbitt, Recy, 1919-2017
LocatedWinter Haven (Fla.)
Birth date1919-12-31
Death date2017-12-28
Place of birthAbbeville (Ala.)
Place of deathAbbeville (Ala.)
Profession or occupationRape victims
Found inThe woman next door, 1944?: p. 1 (Recy Taylor)
OCLC, July 6, 2012 (hdg.: Taylor, Recy Corbett; usage: Recy Taylor)
Wikipedia, July 6, 2012 (Recy Taylor; an African-American woman from Abbeville in Henry County, Ala.; on Sept. 3, 1944 she was kidnapped and raped by 6 white men; in Oct. 1944, an all-white male jury dismissed the case)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 2, 2018 (in obituary published Dec. 29, 2017: Recy Taylor; b. Recy Corbitt, Dec. 31, 1919, Abbeville, Ala.; m. Willie Guy Taylor (d. in the early 1960s); lived for many years in Winter Haven, Fla.; d. Thursday [Dec. 28, 2017], Abbeville, aged 97; fought for justice after a 1944 rape)