Seven Black Men Executed In the 1949 Rape of a white woman, now granted posthumous pardons by Virginia governor
A group of Black men were executed in the 1949 rape of a white woman have been granted posthumous pardons by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Aug. 31 according to NPR. The men who were executed include, Frank Hairston Jr. (18), Booker T. Millner (19), Francis DeSales Grayson (37), Howard Lee Hairston (18), James Luther […]