Image 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 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.