They Told Me Not To Tell: Dozier Reform School Was A Living Hell
A former student’s account of Dozier Reform School
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A former student’s account of Dozier Reform School
Antoinette Harrell’s juvenile nonfiction book centers on Johnny Lee Gaddy’s recollections of Arthur G. Dozier Reform School in Marianna, Florida, where he was a student from 1957 to 1961. Gaddy describes rape, beatings, and abuse at the state-run school. The account also traces how, after keeping these experiences private for fifty years, he shared them with Harrell, a peonage researcher, who helped bring his childhood experiences to media attention. The subject is institutional abuse and the act of making a personal account public.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers seeking nonfiction accounts of physical and emotional abuse in an institutional setting.
- Readers interested in personal testimony connected to Florida history.
- Readers exploring how experiences of childhood abuse are brought to public attention.
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