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Documentary Film: Rape of Recy Taylor


Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 12, Smith Auditorium

Co-sponsored by YWCA as part of their Stand Against Racism.  Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased at www.ywcadayton.org under EVENTS. 100% of proceeds benefit YWCA programs.

The film tells the story of Recy Taylor, a 24 year old African American sharecropper who was abducted and raped by six white men when walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama in 1944.

Following the showing, there will be by a panel discussion featuring local experts from law enforcement, criminal justice studies, and YW's sexual assault program on the film’s themes of race and gender-based violence.

Documentary Film: Rape of Recy Taylor


Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 12, Smith Auditorium

Co-sponsored by YWCA as part of their Stand Against Racism.  Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased at www.ywcadayton.org under EVENTS. 100% of proceeds benefit YWCA programs.

The film tells the story of Recy Taylor, a 24 year old African American sharecropper who was abducted and raped by six white men when walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama in 1944.

Following the showing, there will be by a panel discussion featuring local experts from law enforcement, criminal justice studies, and YW's sexual assault program on the film’s themes of race and gender-based violence.