The seven men were convicted of raping 32-year-old Ruby Stroud Floyd, who went to a predominantly Black neighbourhood in Martinsville, Virginia, on January 8, 1949, to collect money for clothes she had sold....
Four of the men were executed in Virginia’s electric chair on February 2, 1951, with the other three being electrocuted three days later....
Earlier this week, Governor Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons to the seven young men who were branded as the “ Martinsville Seven ”....
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