Montgomery bus boycott Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Rape of Recy Taylor === {{Main|Recy Taylor}} On September 3, 1944, [[Recy Taylor]], a black woman, was raped by six white men in [[Abbeville, Alabama]].<ref name=mcguire>{{Cite book |last=McGuire |first=Danielle L. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503042152 |title=At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance{{emdash}}A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power |date=2010 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |isbn=978-0-307-26906-5 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=503042152}}</ref>{{rp|xvβxvii}} After investigating her case, [[Rosa Parks]]{{emdash}}along with [[E. D. Nixon]], [[Rufus Lewis (activist)|Rufus A. Lewis]], and E. G. Jackson{{emdash}}organized a defense for Taylor in Montgomery. They mobilized nationwide support from labor unions, African-American organizations, and women's groups to form the [[The Committee for Equal Justice|Alabama Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor]].<ref name=mcguire />{{rp|15}} Although they did not succeed in obtaining justice in court for Taylor, the mobilization of the black community in Alabama set up social and political networks that enabled the success of the Montgomery bus boycott a decade later.<ref name=mcguire />{{rp|46β47}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page