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Save The Martinsville Seven | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Published October 25, 2023 at 493 × 688 in Reckoning With Racist ‘Lynch Law’ and Rape Charges, a Century Later

Reckoning With Racist ‘Lynch Law’ and Rape Charges, a Century Later | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

This illustration was part of a 1951 Michigan petition mailed to then-Virginia Governor John S. Battle to save the “Martinsville Seven.” Image courtesy of the Library of Virginia.

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