On a rainy morning people gathered for the unveiling and dedication of a marker in front of the old Henry County Courthouse uptown recognizing the Martinsville Seven.
The old Henry County Courthouse is now the Martinsville-Henry County Heritage Center and Museum, and inside there is now a display recounting the day on Feb. 8, 1949 when Ruby Floyd, a white woman, told police she had been raped.
On a rainy Saturday morning people gathered for the unveiling and dedication of a marker in front of the old Henry County Courthouse uptown recognizing the Martinsville Seven.