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November 23, 2021

Florida Exonerates Four Black Men Falsely Accused of Raping White Woman in 1949
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And the state of Florida has officially exonerated four African-American
men falsely accused of raping a white woman near Groveland, Florida, in
1949. Two of the so-called "Groveland Four" 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.

Carol Greenlee is the daughter of Charles Greenlee, who was sentenced to
life in prison over the false accusations. She spoke to Democracy Now in
January 2019, just after Florida Republican Governor Ron De Santis
granted posthumous pardons. 

Carol Greenlee: "My nieces, my nephews, my brothers, my son all carried
this cloud over them. It has lifted that cloud from being carried by
innocent children, innocent family members. And I feel that a chain has
been broken. It felt like the door of justice swung open and the
nightmare ended, of torture, waking up at night to the pain of what had
happened to my father."



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