then "the rape of recy taylor." amy: we look at what happened in 1944 with a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper was gave rate by six white teens in alabama. she refused to be silenced. she spoke up with the help of the naacp's chief rape investigator, none other than rosa parks, who rallied support for taylor, triggering a movement to seek justice 11 buss before the montgomery boycott. we will speak with the film's director nancy buirski and with yale historian crystal feimster . all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. congress is on the cusp of approving a massive rewrite of the u.s. tax code that will overwhelmingly benefit corporations and the wealthiest americans, while ending a central pillar of president obama's signature healthcare law. just past midnight, the senate voted 51 to 48 along party lines on a final version of the tax bill as protests erupted in the gallery, with chants of "kill the bill, don't kill us" briefly int

she knew there was recy taylor a legacy -- join amy: and she is alive today recy taylor, for in alabamawant to thank nancy buirski, director and producer of "the rape of recy taylor." and crystal feimster associate , professor of african american studies at yale university. author of "southern horrors: women and the politics of rape and lynching." she's interviewed in the film "the rape of recy taylor." tarana burke, the person who founded it about a decade ago, be releasing the new year's eve ball. democracy now! is looking for feedback from

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