Colson Whitehead

And so you see it's a bit of a factory, unfortunately. Yeah.

And so you see it's a bit of a factory, unfortunately. Yeah.

And so you see it's a bit of a factory, unfortunately. Yeah.

Well, there are kids in unmarked graves with blunt trauma to their skulls and gunshot pellets in their ribcages. And so how did they get there? Teenagers buried in the ground with great evidence of violence. They didn't, you know, faint immediately.

Well, there are kids in unmarked graves with blunt trauma to their skulls and gunshot pellets in their ribcages. And so how did they get there? Teenagers buried in the ground with great evidence of violence. They didn't, you know, faint immediately.

Well, there are kids in unmarked graves with blunt trauma to their skulls and gunshot pellets in their ribcages. And so how did they get there? Teenagers buried in the ground with great evidence of violence. They didn't, you know, faint immediately.

It was profitable for the state of Florida, you know, making those bricks and printing those pamphlets. In the early days, they stopped it in the mid part of the century, I believe. But they would lease out students to local businesses, local farmers. Some of the kids did end up dead under mysterious circumstances. And then eventually, you know, whatever, state investigators put a stop to it.

It was profitable for the state of Florida, you know, making those bricks and printing those pamphlets. In the early days, they stopped it in the mid part of the century, I believe. But they would lease out students to local businesses, local farmers. Some of the kids did end up dead under mysterious circumstances. And then eventually, you know, whatever, state investigators put a stop to it.

It was profitable for the state of Florida, you know, making those bricks and printing those pamphlets. In the early days, they stopped it in the mid part of the century, I believe. But they would lease out students to local businesses, local farmers. Some of the kids did end up dead under mysterious circumstances. And then eventually, you know, whatever, state investigators put a stop to it.

But that was sort of, you know, convict leasing for students. Grownups, you know, it was a big business.

But that was sort of, you know, convict leasing for students. Grownups, you know, it was a big business.

But that was sort of, you know, convict leasing for students. Grownups, you know, it was a big business.

You're picked up for some minor infraction, vagrancy, and then the local deputy, talking about the South and black people being sold by white deputies to mines, to farms, and in a sort of, I won't say an indentured servitude, because you're six months or a year could be up and no one would tell you and you'd be sort of stuck. In the same way that there's no place for you to run,

You're picked up for some minor infraction, vagrancy, and then the local deputy, talking about the South and black people being sold by white deputies to mines, to farms, and in a sort of, I won't say an indentured servitude, because you're six months or a year could be up and no one would tell you and you'd be sort of stuck. In the same way that there's no place for you to run,

You're picked up for some minor infraction, vagrancy, and then the local deputy, talking about the South and black people being sold by white deputies to mines, to farms, and in a sort of, I won't say an indentured servitude, because you're six months or a year could be up and no one would tell you and you'd be sort of stuck. In the same way that there's no place for you to run,

Once you're sort of in the system, you're embroiled and there's no place to go.

Once you're sort of in the system, you're embroiled and there's no place to go.

Once you're sort of in the system, you're embroiled and there's no place to go.

Sure. You know, one of the great things about research is that you make a decision and it starts paying off. And in terms of having Elwood be an acolyte of the civil rights movement is that I had to pick speeches and different episodes that would inspire him.

Sure. You know, one of the great things about research is that you make a decision and it starts paying off. And in terms of having Elwood be an acolyte of the civil rights movement is that I had to pick speeches and different episodes that would inspire him.