![]() In 1960s Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis is a studious African-American high school student with an idealistic sense of justice inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. Curtis is forced to confront the lasting effects of his experiences there. ![]() As an investigation into the defunct Nickel Academy begins to expose the school's hidden history of atrocities, including many secretly buried bodies on the premises, many men who were incarcerated at Nickel Academy as boys are coming forward to share their experiences of abuse. In the present, Elwood Curtis is an African-American business owner in New York City. The narrative alternates between the 2010s and the 1960s. Judges of the prize called the novel "a spare and devastating exploration of abuse at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida that is ultimately a powerful tale of human perseverance, dignity and redemption." It is Whitehead's second win, making him the fourth writer in history to have won the prize for fiction twice. The Nickel Boys won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. TIME named it one of best books of the decade. A university investigation found numerous unmarked graves for unrecorded deaths and a history into the late 20th century of emotional and physical abuse of students. ![]() ![]() It is based on the historic Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and was revealed as highly abusive. The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. ![]()
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