The fund negotiated by state lawmakers culminates a long battle to come to terms with a dark moment in Florida history.
Florida legislators gathered Sunday to put the finishing touches on a roughly $115 billion state budget that will affect everyone from AIDS patients seeking crucial drugs to the families of four Black ...
The families of the Groveland Four are now closer to receiving $1 million each, nearly 80 years after the tragic events in ...
A.M. NEW AT 4:00 A LAKE COUNTY CITY WILL SPEND MILLIONS TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH IT’S SEEING. GROVELAND CITY OFFICIALS APPROVED ABOUT $25 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS TO UPGRADE ITS CURRENT SERVICES.
Florida lawmakers pass measure to compensate descendants of Groveland Four, providing $4M in financial recognition for the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A White woman who falsely accused four Black men of rape in the Jim Crow-era South in 1949 has died at the age of 92. Norma ...
Ernest Thomas, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Greenlee and Walter Irvin were cleared in Florida after the four Black men were wrongly accused of raping a white woman 72 years ago A group of four Black men ...
FLORIDA -- The families of the "Groveland Four" got some closure Monday after Florida officially cleared four young Black men wrongly accused of raping a 17-year-old White girl in 1949. The video ...
GROVELAND, Fla. – The city of Groveland is considering a plan that would replace hundreds of street lights to maintain the city’s status as a dark sky community. On Monday, council members will vote ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On Monday, a judge exonerated a group of men accused of raping a woman more than 70 years ago, according to a report from WESH. The "Groveland Four" was compromised of Ernest ...
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 ...