African-American men executed for the rape of a woman in 1951 have been pardoned posthumously

Rose Grayson, niece of Francis DeSales Grayson, top, comforts James Grayson, son of Francis DeSales Grayson, left, and Rudy MCollum, great nephew of Francis DeSales Grayson, one of the Martinsville Seven after posthumous pardons issued.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons on Tuesday to seven African-American men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman, in a case that attracted pleas for mercy from around the world and in recent years has been denounced as an example of racial […]

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