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Virginia Governor pardons ‘Martinsville Seven’ Black men executed for rape 70 years ago

Bill Atkinson, The Progress-Index Comments Off on Virginia Governor pardons ‘Martinsville Seven’ Black men executed for rape 70 years ago

Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons for a group of Black men executed 70 years ago for allegedly raping a white woman in Martinsville, Va.

      
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