“And they’re someone else: Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and a mother. She was just walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville, Ala., when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped and left blindfolded by…”Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Historical Moments Retold, Memoir
“And for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up. Their time is up.”Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Historical Moments Retold, Memoir
“But we also know that it is the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To tyrants and victims and secrets and lies.”Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Historical Moments Retold, Memoir
“So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault, because they — like my mother — had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They’re the women whose names we’ll never know.”Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Historical Moments Retold, Memoir
“In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house in Milwaukee, watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for best actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history: “The winner is Sidney Poitier.” Up to the stage…”Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Historical Moments Retold, Memoir