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Samuel Shepherd

Case from Umatilla, FL dated Nov 08, 1951

Victim Details

Samuel Shepherd

Male

Umatilla

FL

1951-11-08

22

Samuel

Shepherd

06/30/2026

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Samuel Shepherd, a 22-year-old African American man from Umatilla, Florida, was killed on November 8, 1951. Shepherd was one of the Groveland Four, a group of four Black men falsely accused of raping a white woman, Norma Padgett, in 1949. The case attracted significant attention and highlighted the racial injustices prevalent in the American South during that era. Shepherd, along with Walter Irvin, Charles Greenlee, and Ernest Thomas, was wrongfully convicted despite a lack of credible evidence. ...
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  • Newspapers.com: FBI Continues Shooting Probe (Samuel Shepherd 1951) - Newspapers.com
  • Newspapers.com: Sheriff Accused By His Prisoner (Samuel Shepherd 1951) part 1 - Newspapers.com
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