Zora Carrier

In the 1940s - 1950s black women were being raped by white men and nothing was done. Using Danielle McGuire's article "It Was Like All of Us Were Raped", I was able to form my final project. I wanted to portray a woman's body with hand prints and bruises as these women like Betty Jean Owens, Recy Taylor, Jannie Ligons and many more, were horribly raped by white men. These women hard a hard time speaking uo and if they did, their rapists were usually set free as the jury would be all white. I wanted to show that these women are not for the taking, they are strong minded, strong willed, and powerful women who did not deserve what happened to them.

Citations:

https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ethnicnewswatch/docview/2002141165/fulltext/F8D8E5FC9ECC4426PQ/2?accountid=4485

https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ethnicnewswatch/docview/2391222144/F8D8E5FC9ECC4426PQ/1?accountid=4485

https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ethnicnewswatch/docview/1758137341/F8D8E5FC9ECC4426PQ/3?accountid=4485

https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/stable/3662860?sid=primo&origin=crossref&seq=1