The history behind the Martinsville Seven. Seven Black men were executed in February 1951 over the alleged rape of a white woman, Ruby Stroud Floyd, in 1949. They were Frank Hairston Jr., 18 ...

A group of Black men known as the “Martinsville Seven” were posthumously pardoned Tuesday, 70 years after their 1951 execution for the alleged rape of a white woman.

A group of young Black men executed after being convicted by all-White juries of allegedly raping a White woman have been pardoned in Virginia 70 years after their deaths. On Tuesday, Gov. Ralph ...

The seven Black men were executed 70 years ago for the rape of a white woman in Martinsville and were granted posthumous pardons by Gov. Ralph Northam acknowledging they were denied due process of ...

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 ...

Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman, the Associated Press reported. The governor announced the pardons Tuesday ...

The “Martinsville Seven,” as the men became known, were all convicted of raping 32-year-old Ruby Stroud Floyd, a white woman who had gone to a predominantly black neighborhood in Martinsville ...

RICHMOND — Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons Tuesday for a group of Black men executed 70 years ago for allegedly raping a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia.. The pardons do not ...

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All 45 of the prisoners executed for rape from 1908 to 1951 in Virginia were Black men, according to the governor's office. Northam has granted 604 pardons during his time in office.