In this episode of History You Should Know, we highlight Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks. Most people know about Rosa Parks’ role in the civil rights movement, but don’t know about her role as a sexual assault investigator, where she fought for justice for many survivors, including Recy Taylor.

Learn more:

<ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/recy-taylor-rosa-parks-and-struggle-racial-justice'>Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and the Struggle for Racial Justice</a></li>

<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.history.com/news/before-the-bus-rosa-parks-was-a-sexual-assault-investigator'>Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator</a></li>

<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://youniquefoundation.org/rosa-parks-forgotten-advocate-sexual-abuse/'>Rosa Parks: The Forgotten Advocate of Sexual Abuse</a></li>

<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134131369'>Hidden Pattern Of Rape Helped Stir Civil Rights Movement</a></li>

<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.therapeofrecytaylor.com/'>The Rape of Recy Taylor</a></li>

<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin'>Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin</a></li>

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Episode 22: Overcoming barriers and bias with Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Angelita Olowu

PA Centered is a podcast designed to help listeners be a part of the solution to end sexual harassment, abuse, and assault. Each episode, we will take on a topic or current event to help spark conversation and break down barriers to building communities free from sexual violence. Hosted by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR).