Four Young Black Men Falsely Accused Of Rape Over 70 Years Ago Now Exonerated
The Groveland Four, who ranged in age from 16 to 26 at the time, were accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman in the central Florida town of Groveland in 1949.
Florida Pardons the Groveland Four: Black Men Wrongly Convicted Of Raping White Teenager In 1949
Florida’s new governor and the state’s cabinet voted unanimously to pardon the “Groveland Four” this week.