Eric W. Rise's book, "The Martinsville Seven: Race, Rape, and Capital
Punishment" (University Press of Virginia, 1995), should provide the needed
information.  See especially pages 133 to 139 regarding the delegation (as
Rise calls it) that came to Richmond to appeal to the Governor.  He reports
that approximately 400 demonstrators came from more than 15 states.

Gregg Kimball

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Catsam [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:32 PM
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Subject: Query: Martinsville Seven



Hi. Can anyone on the list tell me anything about, or where I can find
anything about, the Martinsville Seven? In his essay on the Civil Rights
Congress in Birnbaum and Taylor, eds. Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on
the Black Struggle Gerald Horne writes: "In the early 1950s [the CRC] led
'Freedom Rides' to Virginia to save the Martinsville Seven." I am working on
my dissertation on the Freedom Rides and at least want to be able to mention
this incident as an antecedent if it is relevent. You can apply on list or
you can write to me off list at [log in to unmask]
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Thanks in advance!

Derek Catsam



Contemporary History Institute
Brown House
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701

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