In May 1959, four white men kidnapped and raped an African American college student in Tallahassee Florida. When her classmates at Florida A & M University found out about what happened, they mobilized and demanded justice. Their public...
The Tallahassee Democrat tells the story of the 1959 gang rape, by four white men, of Florida A&M student Betty Jean Owens. At the Jim Crow trial, Betty Jean Owens testified against her rapists; one defense attorney referred to her as a...
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