Nickel Boys’ is a profoundly moving film about two young boys who undergo a harrowing experience together and form a deep friendship in the process. In the 1960s, during the Jim Crow era, Elwood ...

Florida’s dark history of abuse, neglect and systemic cruelty is not solely a Black narrative. It is a human tragedy. While “Nickel Boys” captures the unique horrors endured by African American youth ...

Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, a town roughly 60 miles ... to the harsh reality of the Dozier School. Most notably, the White House. The White House, as it's called in the movie and real ...

A film inspired by the true story of a Florida reform school is nominated for the Oscar ... and job prospects Two weeks after leaving White House, former President Joe Biden signs with talent ...

This past spring, the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 21 ... be divided among those imprisoned at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, between 1940 and 1975.

Much has been made of the film's first-person POV. But let's not overlook the dazzling, emotional and now Oscar-nominated ...

The so-called “reform school” is based on the actual Dozier School for Boys in Tallahassee where the remains of ... the driver gets pulled over by a white officer because the car is stolen. Since ...

When Colson Whitehead published his 2019 novel “The Nickel Boys,” it was met with great critical acclaim and received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was inspired by the closing of the ...

The ReformatoryBy Tananarive Due When Robert Stephens Jr. was sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys for kicking a white boy, his sister Gloria vowed she would do whatever it took to ...