Martinsville Seven

A nearly 70-year-old newspaper clipping about infamous "Martinsville Seven" rape case shows the seven Black men convicted of raping a white woman. They were executed in 1951 after exhausting their appeals.

These 7 Black Men Were Executed For An Alleged Rape. Now, They Have Been Pardoned

5:17pm August 31, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Gov. Ralph Northam said pardoning the "Martinsville Seven" was the state's way of acknowledging that the men were executed without due process.