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Betty Jean Owens (born 1940) is an African American woman who was brutally raped by four white men in Tallahassee, Florida in 1959. Her trial was significant in Florida, and the South as a whole, because the white men were given life sentences for their crimes.
1 de ago. de 2019 · A. Van Jordan, a poet and professor, honors Betty Jean Owens, a black woman who was raped by four white men in 1959 and became a landmark case. He uses words like car, dredge, and dual to explore the trauma, justice, and duality of her story.
26 de ene. de 2024 · In 1959, four white men hunted for a Black girl to sexually violate. They found Florida A&M student Betty Jean Owens. After the attack, the men were arrested, but instead of being remorseful, they joked about what they’d done in the back of the police car.
28 de feb. de 2019 · Betty Jean Owens, an African American woman and Florida A&M University student, was raped by four white men, William Collinsworth, Ollie Stoutamire, David Beagles, and Patrick Scarbourough, on May 2, 1959.
11 de may. de 2018 · On May 2, 1959, nearly three years earlier, Betty Jean Owens, a Black female freshman at Florida A&M, was raped seven times by four white men armed with shotguns and switchblades in Tallahassee, Florida.
22 de feb. de 2011 · Betty Jean Owens was a Florida A&M student who was gang raped by four white men in Tallahassee in 1959. She testified against them in a landmark trial that challenged the racial and sexual violence against black women in the South.
22 de may. de 2013 · Art Decó Vocal Jazz Oh the 30 es un disco recopilatorio donde los mejores nombres históricos del Jazz completan una magnifica colección de temas inolvidables...
