Margaret Burnham, director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, argues that it’s time for attorneys and courts in the U.S. and Southern states to revisit decades-old rape accusations, many of which led to lynchings of Black boys and men. Pictured above: a historical marker on the grounds of Virginia’s Albemarle County Courthouse commemorating lynch mob victim John Henry James, who was posthumously charged with rape. An Albermarle County judge threw out the 125-year-old indictment this year. Courtesy of Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society/Cvillepedia. Public domain.
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