Heartbreaking Historical Thriller: The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

I lived in Florida quite close to USF, when the discovery of the horrors at Dozier were unearthed. So, I was quite interested in reading Colson Whitehead's fictionalized account of Dozier. I must agree that most of what I read in the papers about Dozier were accounts from the white survivors. I had not read a great deal about young black males that were incarcerated at Dozier. The story follows a young man, Elwood Curtis, who always did the right thing and believed in the Civil Rights Movement and the words of MLK Jr., but made a poor decision and ended up at Dozier. While at Dozier, we learn of the brutality and the downright depravity of these so-called educators. I had such a difficult time stomaching what I was reading, it is not for the faint of heart, but I do believe that if we do not know this history and learn from it, we can and do repeat such atrocities. Since this is a fictionalized account, I will at some point read a few non fiction accounts of Dozier and other 'schools' to learn more about the history of 'education'.