Zann Nelson
Judge declares 3 Black men lynched over a century ago innocent
A Virginia judge has formally declared three Black men, lynched by mobs in the 19th and early 20th centuries, innocent of the charges that led to their deaths. The men—Charles Allie Thompson, William Thompson, and William Grayson—were lynched in rural Culpeper County, approximately 75 miles (121 kilometers) from Washington, D.C, according to a report. On…
