Day 4- Woke By Accident Podcast & The Forefront Radio- Bruce's Beach & Martinsville 7 - Righting the Wrongs of the past
On this episode, Jen from Woke By Accident Podcast and Aphiel Levi from The Forefront Radio join forces to discuss to two historical cases with recent updates to right the wrongs of the past- Bruce's Beach and the Martinsville 7.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law last week allowing ownership of the prime beachfront property, formerly Bruce's Beach to be transferred to heirs of a couple who built a resort for Black people in the early 1900s but were stripped of the land by local officials due to eminent domain.
The Martinsville Seven were a group of seven African-American men from Martinsville, Virginia, who were convicted and executed in 1951 for raping a white woman in 1949.On August 31, 2021, the state of Virginia pardoned the convictions of all Seven men, 70 years after their deaths.
Take a listen and get familiar with these moments in history.
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