69 Boys Trapped and Burned: The Forgotten Horror of Wrightsville
In the early hours of March 5, 1959, a tragedy unfolded that would leave a permanent scar on the history of Arkansas and the hearts of those who learned of it. Sixty-nine African American boys, locked inside their dormitory at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville, Arkansas, were suddenly engulfed in a devastating fire.
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