8. Is Oprah's Linking #MeToo to Jim Crow Sexual Violence Accurate?

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During Oprah Winfrey’s speech as the recipient of the Cecil B. de Mille Award at the 2018 Golden Globes, she mentioned the horrific rape and lack of justice for the late Recy Taylor. Oprah placed the legacy of Jim Crow sexual violence into the #metoo movement and while many applauded her inclusion, so women found it troubling. With the help of the Duke University Behind the Veil Oral History project, we look at Jim Crow sexual violence against African American women.

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Cora Randle Fleming

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Cleaster Mitchell

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Elizabeth Pitts

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Bernice Magrudedr White

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Documentary - The Rape of Recy Taylor

Documentary - The Rape of Recy Taylor

Elliott Robinson