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Michael MolineApril 18, 2017

The House voted unanimously Tuesday to apologize to survivors of four African-American men who were brutalized in 1949 following a false accusation of rape. The House also approved an apology to the survivors of abuse at the Dozier and Okeechobee schools for boys, and approved plans for memorials to children who died on the Dozier […]

Scott PowersApril 6, 2017

‘The Groveland Four’ were four young men and teenagers who endured one of the darkest known moments of Florida’s Jim Crow history when they were falsely accused of rape, then all of them were beaten, two of them were killed, and two were convicted and imprisoned on what legal researchers are now convinced was false […]

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Tag: The Groveland Four

House votes apology to Groveland Four family members, Dozier survivors

‘Groveland Four’ exoneration resolution passes committee