When Recy staggered into her house, bruised and broken, she told her husband and the sheriff what had happened to her. The sheriff knew immediately who was to blame, as there was only one vehicle in the tiny town of Abbeville, Alabama, that matched the description. The day after the rape, Recy Taylor’s house was firebombed. How dare she report us, the rapists thought. She needs to shut up. Two all-white grand juries refused to charge any of the six men with a crime.
