Movie: The Groveland Four

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Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance

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    The Groveland Four

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    July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The Groveland Four” included a race riot, torture, multiple murders, two trials and a Supreme Court reversal. Though widely covered by the national press, the case has been largely forgotten... even though it helped lay a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.

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    2018-06-25

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    Sometimes the hardest stories are the most important to tell.

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