Showing posts with label Rape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rape. Show all posts
Friday, July 29, 2011
Rosa Parks Details Attempted Rape As Teenager
Newly uncovered writings by Rosa Parks reveal how she was nearly raped as a teenager by a white employer.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Ashley Judd: Hip-Hop Has A 'Rape Culture'
Image via WikipediaRadarOnline reports that actress Ashley Judd's new memoir, All That Is Bitter and Sweet, includes attacks on Snoop Dogg, Diddy, and rap and hip-hop overall. The commentary, which was made in the context of discussion of her work in AIDS awareness, includes the following quotes: CONTINUE....
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Recy Taylor: A Symbol Of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror
Sept. 3, 1944: It's a damp evening in the Alabama black belt, nearly midnight, but services at Rock Hill Holiness Church in the small town of Abbeville have just let out. Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old sharecropper, sets out along the town's fertile peanut plantations, accompanied for the walk home by two other worshippers from the African-American congregation. Moments later, a green Chevrolet rolls by -- and their routine journey takes a horrifying turn. CONTINUE....
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