This episode is about the 1949  racially motivated wrongful convictions  (and in some cases death) of The Groveland Four for the rape of a white woman. 

Shout out to reviewer and listener Ivandacreator. Thank you!!!! 

Written Sources: 

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/30146316?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groveland_Four
• https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-alex-akerman-groveland-four-020916-20160208-story.html
• https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/01/11/florida-pardons-groveland-four-this-was-a-miscarriage-of-justice/ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-ne-groveland-four-norma-padgett-testimony-20190111-story.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/emmett-till-lynching-carolyn-bryant-donham.html
• https://scholarship.law.umassd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=umlr

Video Sources:

• https://www.pbs.org/video/the-groveland-four-uid8r2/ (aired 6/25/18)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxLmM_7LwCE

Photo Sources 

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4425180/Florida-passes-bill-pushing-Groveland-Four-pardons.html
• http://sites.bu.edu/dome/tag/groveland-four/
• https://www.poynter.org/maligned-in-black-white/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/florida-apologizes-to-family-of-groveland-boys/526680/
• http://www.gilbertking.com/devil/DevilInTheGrove_new.html

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