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The Martinsville 7 were a group of men who were accused and convicted of raping a white woman in 1949. The men sat in front of all-white, all-male juries who

For decades, family members of the men, known as the Martinsville Seven, contended that they were denied due process. Gov. Ralph S. Northam agreed.

Will Ralph Northam Give Posthumous Pardons to Seven Black Rapists? Chris Roberts, American Renaissance, December 15, 2020 On January 8, 1949, a white woman named Ruby Stroud Floyd was raped in a black part of Martinsville, Virginia. At a hospital where she was examined for internal injuries, she told police that a group of black men raped her. Police soon arrested, Frank Hairston, Jr. and Booker Millner. Their confessions led to the arrest of five more blacks: Howard Hairston, James Hairston, John Taylor, Francis Grayson, and Joe Hampton. All seven were charged with rape and aiding and abetti...