in 1944 recy taylor was a young wife and a mother.ng home from her church service. she'd attended in abbottville, alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church. they threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone. the men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. recy taylor died ten days ago. >> with me now nancy burrski, the documentary filmmaker and producer who brought her life, and the naacp award, congratulations for that. >> thank you. >> it is such a pleasure to meet you. in commercial break did you even know that oprah was going to mention recy taylor's name and what did you do? >> i screamed. >> you were screaming, and i was sure people would knock on my door and my apartment because i was screaming like crazy and the phones started ringing and the texting came in, and we were all so excited. we really -- we truly believe that more people should know about recy taylor. that's why we made this movie. "time" magazine came out with the cov

recy taylor died ten days ago. >> recy taylor's niece, rose gunther, joins me now along with me, bethd, who produced a film called "the rape of recy taylor." thank you so much. i see your red recy pins. she ordered up these recy pins for she and her colleagues to wear tonight. when you got the call to be there for miss taylor, what was all of this like for you? >> it was exciting and something that i would want to do for her because i know she would want it done. and something to carry on her legacy. >> and sitting in that hallowed hall tonight, what will you be thinking? >> what a great inspiration she were, a loving person, strong, courageous. >> speaks up. here is my question to you. so many people -- let me just be honest, myself included, we weren't aware of recy taylor's story until, of course, leave it to oprah. what's extraordinary about her is here she was, gang raped leaving church and, unlike so many women at that time, she spoke up about it. tell me more about her. >> she did. i really think her life was a vigil for justice. her brother and also rose talk about that it was

don't shoot me. >> recy taylor is a pivotal link in a long chain of sexual abuse against african-americano slavery, and it continues today. >> reporter: taylor, who died 11 days ago, now the subject of a documentary, "the rape of recy taylor," directed by nancy burski. >> how did you react when you heard oprah winfrey say recy taylor? >> i was speechless at first. and then i started screaming. and the longer she talked, the more i screamed. we didn't know she was going to talk about her. we knew it was a game-changer. >> and it said what to you? oprah winfrey would mention this woman from alabama. >> you know, it goes back to the day that recy taylor was raped. she spoke up, and it started a chain of events where she was trying to get justice for this. and after justice failed for her, she was forgotten. >> reporter: but forgotten no more. >> 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. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the issue, a deeply personal one for oprah. herself a victim of sexual assault

. >> recy taylor. i think you should know too. >> recy taylor, a young mother, a black woman who was abducted walking home from church in alabama in 1944. a story long buried in history. >> i was begging them to leave me alone. don't shoot me. >> recy taylor is a pivotal link in a long chain of sexual abuse against african-american women. it goes back to slavery, and it continues today. >> taylor, who died 11 days ago, now the subject of a documentary, the rape of recy taylor, directed by nancy burski. >> how did you react when you heard oprah winfrey say recy taylor? >> i was speechless at first. then i started screaming. and the longer she talked, the more i screamed. we didn't know she was going to talk about her. we knew it was a game-changer. >> it said what to you? oprah winfrey would mention this woman from alabama? >> it goes back to the day that recy taylor was raped. she spoke up, and it started a chain of events where she was trying to get justice for this. and after justice failed for her,

recy taylor died 10 days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. she lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. 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. [applause] their time is up. [applause] their time is up. and i just hope -- i just hope that recy taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes marching on. it was somewhere in rosa parks' heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision to stay seated on that bus in montgomery, and it's here with every woman who chooses to say, "me too." chooses to listen. in my career, what i've always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. to say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere, and how we overcome. i've interviewed and portrayed people

she talked about recy taylor. that's really important. recy was a young black woman who in 1944 was gang raped by six white men, and two grand juries failed to bring indictments against them, which means they were never charged even they admitted they had done it. and she died ten days ago. oprah winfrey really gave recy taylor that platform and really moved the entire room to tears. and i would imagine a lot of people at home as well. >> yeah, incredible. and the golden globes were the first major awards show to go to air since the harassment and sexual misconduct allegations shook hollywood to its core. and we saw significant projects win big, three billboards, lady bird, big little lie, the ha handmaid's tale and others. what stood out and what will everyone be talking about in the hours ahead, do you think? >> that is what was really interesting. you saw all of the really major awards on the film and television side happened to be really female centric projects. in an earlier era they would been called women's pictures. but now they're

also featuring opinions for times up and and for recy taylor. >> it's important because of the courage of the women who spoke out. >> some representatives chose to speak o speak with silence and absence. >> we have to remember this president has denigrated women. rolled back women's rights. rolled back civil and human rights. that's another reason why while i'm wearing black and recy's button. i will not be on the floor tonight. >> reporter: and representative lee there told me earlier today she has not missed a single state of the union address since she took office in 1998 until now. and raj, as you mentioned earlier you got tolg back to 1971 and the nixon administration to find a boycott this large that year 12 members of the newly founded congressional black caucus skipped out. >> thank you. stay with us for complete coverage of the upcoming staft of the union opinion lester holt is anchoring nightly news from washington, d.c. lester will enjoin us in 20 minutes. then at 6:00 president trump's address here live on nbc bay area. we are live stwraemg at nbcbayarea.com. >>> we are lea

while on assignment for cbs's "60 minutes" winfrey paid her respects to recy taylor saying while she t believe in coincidences if she did this would be a powerful one. during her golden globes speech winfrey highlighted taylor's story of being raped by six white men in 1944, saying "she lived as we all have lived, in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. but their time is up," referencing the time's up movement. >>> another music legend is about to embark on his final tour. almost a half century of performing and touring around the world, sir elton john has announced that he's retiring from touring. in an emotional press conference in new york, elton john says he will no longer be touring because he wants to focus on his family. fans will have a final chance to see him in concert. he also announced he will be hitting the road for his three-year farewell yellow brick road tour. and although this may be his last tour, elton john says he's not going quietly. >> i'm not the sort of guy who's a whimperry guy. i want to go out with a bang and say thank you and leave people think, god,

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. >> in 1944, recy taylor was a young wife and a mother.s just walking home from a church service she'd attended when she was abducted and raped and left blindfolded by the side of the road. 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. is up. >> but a 2020 campaign isn't just speculation. brian stelter tweeted i'm told by oprah's close friends that she is actively thinking about running for president in 2020. in a long-time statement, graham said she would run. she says she has no intention of running for president in 2020 but the age of donald trump, is the president of oprah that far-fetched? that's coming up, next. jimmy's gotten used to his whole room smelling like sweaty odors. yup, he's gone noseblind. he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this... luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics... ...there's febreze fabric refresher. febreze doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors you've... ...gone noseblind to. and try febreze unstopables for fa

. >> in 1944, recy taylor was a young wife and a mother.ing home from a church service she'd attended when she was abducted and raped and left blindfolded by the side of the road. 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. is up. >> but a w2020 campaign isn't just speculation. brian stelter tweeted i'm told by oprah's close friends that she is actively thinking about running for president in 2020. in a long-time statement, graham said she would run. she says she has no intention of running for president in 2020 but the age of donald trump, is the president of oprah that far-fetched? that's coming up, next. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go of all those feelings. bec

recy taylor is an example of the broadness of this meet to movement, it she is an xml of the impact ofhis movement and to womens it relates of color, and the fact that have women in particular been the victims of tremendous assault and rape, and have not had the same kind of robust consideration or attention. we refer to them as those who have been marginalized in these issues. recy taylor is an example of the expansion of the me too consideration, and it is someone that we were going to memorialize with a pen at the state of the union address, to remind everyone that this is an issue that affects women of all colors, all economic status, all professions. we see the pervasiveness of it. let us not lose sight of the diversity of race in this. host: ron is in beaufort, tennessee -- independent. caller: i thank you for taking my call. communityee the black to getven tryg people back to work. they do not do anything to help them. they say, we are a victim. we are always a victim. why don't you lift people up? trump is trying to lift people up, get businesses back to work. what happens is,

she set things out about being the linoleum on the floor in the apartment in milwaukee and citing recy taylorever brought to justice. it was an incredibly powerful speech and i know people were kind of joking about it. i think the 2020 presidential campaign began -- we elected a reality television star. she's richer and better tv star and knows the american public. >> i'm not saying she is out of the question. i'm saying she as george alluded to she's consistently said that's not something is of interest to her, but, yes, all those things could change but even if she does not run for president, her involvement in this movement. >> absolutely and she galvanized it. again, with the level of detail and connecting it not just in hollywood but to everybody out there to restaurant workers and office workers and people who work in bars or whatever, she knew exactly who the audience was and knew they were watching last night saying, how does this affect me? and she told them how they affects her. >> how does this affect the oscars going forward? the board of directors, board of governors thought mayb