HOW I SURVIVED DOZIER SCHOOL FOR BOYS
A SURVIVOR'S JOURNEY: DOZIER SCHOOL FOR BOYS
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—Jermyn Shannon, Historian and Archivists
“King’s unflinching descriptions of these “White House sessions” are among the most difficult passages to read, yet they provide crucial testimony to a history that authorities attempted to erase. Even more chilling are his accounts of the children who simply disappeared—boys whose fate would remain unknown until archaeological excavations in the 2010s uncovered numerous unmarked graves on the property.”
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A compelling journey through trauma, resilience, and healing that sheds light on one of America’s darkest institutional chapters
In his gripping new memoir, “From Dozier School Incarceration to Rehabilitation: A True Story of How Chains Are Broken,” Warren King courageously revisits the harrowing experiences of his youth at the notorious Dozier School for Boys during the 1940s and 50s—an institution whose horrific legacy has only recently begun to receive the national reckoning it deserves.
The Forgotten Hell of Florida’s Dozier School
The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, established in 1900 in Marianna, Florida, operated for over a century before finally closing in 2011. What many Floridians once viewed as a reformatory for troubled youth was, in reality, a place of systemic abuse, torture, and even death—particularly during the 1940s and 50s when King was imprisoned there.
During this post-war period, the Dozier School operated with virtually no oversight. Young boys—many committed for minor infractions like truancy or “incorrigibility,” and disproportionately Black—found themselves subjected to brutal physical punishment. The infamous “White House,” a small concrete building on campus, became synonymous with terror as boys were taken there for beatings with leather straps that would leave them bloodied and traumatized.
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