Black American history is usually a mixed bag of experiences that are both inspiring and heartbreaking. But every once in a while, you come across a tale so terrifying that you’d think the devil himself was behind it.
Deemed as the “secret holocaust” and one of Arkansas’ greatest hidden mysteries, the history of the 1959 fire at the Negro Boys Industrial School remains a haunting paradox.
Who would lock innocent teenage boys inside a building and set it on fire? The thought seems unimaginable, but it happened.