More than 75 years after four young Black men were wrongly accused in one of Florida’s most notorious racial injustice cases, state lawmakers have approved $4 million in compensation for their descendants as part of the state’s 2026-27 budget. The funding, included in the final budget agreement reached by legislative leaders, would provide restitution to the families of the Groveland Four — Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Ern…
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.