groveland four

It's home to the infamous case known as the "Groveland Four," in which four young black men were falsely accused and convicted of raping a 17-year-old white woman in 1949.

Later evidence showed the four men had been falsely accused of rape by the sheriff and others in 1949.

Special legislative session; environmental spending; Groveland Four

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's Cabinet granted posthumous pardons to the men in 2019.

Lake County unveiled a memorial Friday to remember the Groveland Four.Some 200 people gathered in front of the old courthouse in Tavares for a ceremony…

Commissioners in a Florida county are backing a plan to build a memorial to four young black men accused of raping a white woman in a 1949 case now seen…

The new governor said the arrests and trials, and in two cases the killings, of the Groveland Four were unjust. Families of the men had worked for the pardons. The accuser maintained she did not lie.

State leaders are attempting to make amends for the Groveland Four—a group of black men wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in the 1940s. It’s...