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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Jim Crow Drama of Florida Reform Schools and Civil Rights Resistance

In 1962 Tallahassee, Florida, promising Black teenager Elwood Curtis, an admirer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is wrongfully accused of auto theft while hitchhiking to college classes. Sentenced to the Nickel Academy in Marianna, Elwood enters a segregated juvenile reformatory rife with physical abuse, forced labor, and corruption.

Elwood forms a close bond with Turner, a cynical fellow inmate who preaches survival through pragmatism. Inspired by actual events at Florida's Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, the narrative follows their struggle to expose official atrocities.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Colson Whitehead won his second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with this devastating, historical examination of Jim Crow institutional abuse. Essential reading for fans of James Baldwin, Jesmyn Ward, and Bryan Stevenson.

Book Details

ISBN: 9780345804341

Binding: Paperback

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Publisher: Anchor Books

Pages: 213

Author:

  • Colson Whitehead

Language: English

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