Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History Recy and Rosa (1944) w/ Danielle McGuire

Recy and Rosa (1944) w/ Danielle McGuire

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 7 a.m.

It\u2019s September 3rd. On this day in 1944, a woman by the name of Recy Taylor was raped in Abbeville, Alabama.

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Jody and Niki are joined by Danielle McGuire to discuss how Taylor\u2019s case became one of the most notable cases in the early modern civil rights movement \u2014 and an important chapter in the political life of Rosa Parks.

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Danielle McGuire\u2019s book is \u201cAt the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Race and Resistance -- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power.\u201d

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Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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