Senators Back Compensation For ‘Groveland Four’ Families

Senators Back Compensation For ‘Groveland Four’ Families

By The News Service of Florida A proposal to compensate the families of the “Groveland Four” is headed to the Senate floor, while the House has yet to act on the effort. The Appropriations Committee on Thursday backed the proposal (SB 694) after $4 million was added to the measure that seeks to compensate the families of Ernest Thomas, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Greenlee and Walter Irvin. The four African-American men were falsely accused in 1949 …