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Elwood Curtis’ college dream is shattered along a two-lane highway in Florida. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he is condemned to the underworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory steeped deep in the Jim Crow South. He meets another Ward, the Turner who has seen it all. The two black teenagers form an alliance: Turner gives fundamental advice for survival, Elwood clings to his optimistic view of the world. Against the backdrop of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appeared worlds away from the Rev. The polished oratory of Martin Luther King. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood struggles to retain his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.

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