In Jim Crow-era Florida, a hopeful Black teen is sent to a reform school where idealism collides with brutal systemic abuse.
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In Jim Crow-era Florida, a hopeful Black teen is sent to a reform school where idealism collides with brutal systemic abuse.
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As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory calle...
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Sexual content
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On-page sexual abuse of boys by staff, including rape and pedophilia
Violence & gore
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Torture, savage beatings, murder; boys killed and buried on the grounds
Profanity
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Strong language and racial slurs used throughout the narrative
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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References to Martin Luther King Jr.'s faith-inflected teachings
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central focus on Jim Crow racism, Civil Rights, and systemic injustice
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Graphic child abuse, sexual assault, torture, and racist institutional cruelty
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