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Martinsville Seven
Definition
- The Martinsville Seven were a group of young Black men convicted of raping a White woman in Martinsville, Virginia. Frank Hairston, Booker Milner, Joe Henry Hampton, Howard Hairston, James Luther Hairston, John Taylor, and Francis DeSales Grayson were executed in February 1951 for the rape of 32-year-old Ruby Stroud Floyd. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Martinsville Seven]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Martinsville_Seven
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