Editing Martinsville, Virginia (section)

===21st century===
In 2008, then [[Illinois]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] and [[List of presidents of the United States|44th President of the United States]] [[Barack Obama]] held a campaign stop in Martinsville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://richmond.com/news/obama-to-visit-martinsville-with-warner/article_049f15cf-462a-5645-90b2-e0dbf738c6c7.html|title=Obama to visit Martinsville with Warner|last=Meola|first=Olympia|date=August 17, 2008|website=[[Richmond Times Dispatch]]|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roanoke.com/archive/economy-key-during-barack-obamas-virginia-trip/article_c5154ec0-1117-514b-8556-920d7d0a82e0.html|title=Economy key during Barack Obama's Virginia trip|last=Sluss|first=Michael|date=June 7, 2019|website=Roanoke.com|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref>

On January 2, 2013, Kim Adkins was re-elected as mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/breaking-news-adkins-teague-elected-by-council/article_1f7f933d-8f5e-5008-9165-6c54bc843eeb.html|title=Breaking News: Adkins, Teague elected by city council|date=January 2, 2013|website=[[Martinsville Bulletin]]|access-date=September 30, 2023}}</ref>

In August 2021, Virginia Governor [[Ralph Northam]] pardoned all 7 [[African-American]] men of the [[Martinsville Seven]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/martinsville-seven-northam-pardon-virginia/2021/08/31/1dc54a68-09d7-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html|title=Northam grants posthumous pardons to the Martinsville Seven, Black men executed in 1951 for rape|last=Schneider|first=Gregory|date=August 31, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/us/martinsville-seven-posthumous-pardons.html|title=70 Years after being executed for rape, 7 Black Men are pardoned in Virginia|last=Vigdor|first=Neil|date=August 31, 2021|website=[[New York Times]]|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/us/martinsville-seven-7-young-black-men-pardon/index.html|title=7 Black men were executed for an alleged rape in 1951, Now they've been pardoned|last=Sgueglia|first=Kristina|date=September 2, 2021|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref>

On January 3, 2023, L.C. Jones was elected as new mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://henrycountyenterprise.com/jones-rawls-elected-as-mayor-and-vice-mayor/|title=Jones, Rawls elected as mayor and vice mayor|last=Oliver|first=Maddy|date=January 5, 2023|website=Henry County Enterprise|access-date=June 15, 2023}}</ref>