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The Groveland Four (or the Groveland Boys) were four young African-American men: Ernest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin, who were accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman in Lake County, Florida, USA, in 1948.
Thomas was killed as a suspect by a posse after leaving the area; Greenlee, Shepherd and Irvin were beaten while in jail to coerce confessions, but Irvin refused to confess falsely. The three survivors were each convicted at trial by an all-white jury; Greenlee was sentenced to life because he was only 16 at the time of the event; the other two were sentenced to death. A retrial was ordered by the United States Supreme Court after hearing their appeals, led by Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
In 1951 Sheriff Willis McCall shot both Shepherd and Irvin in November 1951 while they were in his custody, saying they tried to escape. Shepherd died on the spot, and Irvin told investigators the sheriff shot them in cold blood. At the second trial, Irvin was convicted again and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to life by the governor in 1955. In 1968 he was paroled.
The Groveland Four: Florida Pardons Men Falsely Accused in Jim Crow-Era Rape Case in 1949
https://democracynow.org - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has granted posthumous pardons to four young African-American men accused of raping a white woman near Groveland, Florida, in 1949. Two men were brutally murdered as a result of the false accusations. The case is now seen as a racially charged miscarriage of justice emblematic of the Jim Crow South. The story of the “Groveland Four,” now 70 years old, has continued to haunt the state of Florida. We speak with Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America,” and Carol Greenlee, daughter of Charles Greenlee, one of the Groveland Four.
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Florida pardons Groveland Four accused of 1949 rape
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Cabinet granted a pardon to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman almost 70 years ago
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Groveland Four officially exonerated after judge approves state's motion
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Four black men granted pardons in case seen as example of racial injustice
On Friday, Florida's governor and clemency board granted pardons to four black men. They were accused of rape in a case now seen as a shameful example of racial injustice. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
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Groveland Four memorial unveiled in Lake County
The Groveland Four memorial was unveiled Friday in Lake County.
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Mabel Norris Reese exposed truth about Groveland Four
It was a case that made headlines and one that highlighted reporter Mabel Norris Reese.
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Preview: The Groveland Four
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Families of the 'Groveland Four' overcome with emotion after convictions dismissed
A Lake County judge approved the state’s motion to dismiss the convictions of the Groveland Four. They are now officially innocent men in the eyes of the law over 72 years after they were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit.
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Exoneration could be coming for Groveland Four 70 years later
Seventy years after four black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in Groveland, the men’s family members may soon get their wish.
State leaders are making the final push is to completely exonerate the men.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Cabinet granted a pardon to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman almost 70 years ag...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Cabinet granted a pardon to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman almost 70 years ago
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Cabinet granted a pardon to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman almost 70 years ago
A judge has approved the state's motion to dismiss the convictions of the Groveland Four. This overturns their convictions from over 70 years ago.
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72 years ago, four young Black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in rural Lake County. Now a judge has finally cleared the names of Charles Green...
72 years ago, four young Black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in rural Lake County. Now a judge has finally cleared the names of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Sheperd and Ernest Thomas. The journey for their families to get here required grit and determination to fight against injustice and for equality, in a system that told the young men, you're guilty until proven innocent. This is the story of an atrocity that occurred in rural Lake County community and how the Groveland Four were finally exonerated.
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72 years ago, four young Black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in rural Lake County. Now a judge has finally cleared the names of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Sheperd and Ernest Thomas. The journey for their families to get here required grit and determination to fight against injustice and for equality, in a system that told the young men, you're guilty until proven innocent. This is the story of an atrocity that occurred in rural Lake County community and how the Groveland Four were finally exonerated.
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A Lake County judge approved the state’s motion to dismiss the convictions of the Groveland Four. They are now officially innocent men in the eyes of the law ov...
A Lake County judge approved the state’s motion to dismiss the convictions of the Groveland Four. They are now officially innocent men in the eyes of the law over 72 years after they were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit.
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Seventy years after four black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in Groveland, the men’s family members may soon get their wish.
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Seventy years after four black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in Groveland, the men’s family members may soon get their wish.
State leaders are making the final push is to completely exonerate the men.
Seventy years after four black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in Groveland, the men’s family members may soon get their wish.
State leaders are making the final push is to completely exonerate the men.
https://democracynow.org - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has granted posthumous pardons to four young African-American men accused of raping a white woman near Groveland, Florida, in 1949. Two men were brutally murdered as a result of the false accusations. The case is now seen as a racially charged miscarriage of justice emblematic of the Jim Crow South. The story of the “Groveland Four,” now 70 years old, has continued to haunt the state of Florida. We speak with Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America,” and Carol Greenlee, daughter of Charles Greenlee, one of the Groveland Four.
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Seventy years after four black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman in Groveland, the men’s family members may soon get their wish.
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He grew up in North Carolina. He has a daughter Gwendolyn, who attended Temple University in Philadelphia, and a son Sam Jr., born in 1991, who inherited his father's love of basketball and tried out for the Toros de Aragua in September 2013.