Description

In this episode of History You Should Know, we highlight Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks. Most people know about Rosa Parks’ role in the civil rights movement, but don’t know about her role as a sexual assault investigator, where she fought for justice for many survivors, including Recy Taylor.

Learn more:

• Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and the Struggle for Racial Justice
• Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator
• Rosa Parks: The Forgotten Advocate of Sexual Abuse
• Hidden Pattern Of Rape Helped Stir Civil Rights Movement
• The Rape of Recy Taylor
• Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin

 Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts.