Black History Fact of the Day:

On March 5th, 1959, 21 black teenagers were burned to death at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville, Arkansas after their dorm was padlocked from the outside & mysteriously caught fire.

The old, run-down, & low-funded facility , just 15 minutes south of Little Rock, housed 69 teens from ages 13-17. Most were either homeless or incarcerated for petty crimes such as stealing bikes & doing Halloween pranks. 48 boys managed to escape the fire.

Some said the fire could have ignited from faulty wiring, but locals & experts who examined the case believe it was murder.
The Arkansas State Commission awarded $2,500 to the estates of each of the 21 boys. However, No one was ever indicted and there was no real investigation.

Victims :Frank Barnes, 15; R.D. Brown, 16; Jessie Carpenter Jr., 16; Joe Crittenden, 16; John Daniel, 16; Willie G. Horner, 16; Roy Chester Powell, 16; Cecil Preston, 17; Carl E. Thornton, 15; Johnnie Tillison, 16; Edward Tolston Jr., 15; and Charles White, 15. William Piggee, 13

O.T. Meadows, 13; Henry Daniels, 15; John Alfred George, 15; Roy Hegwood, 15; Willie Lee Williams, 15; Lindsey Cross, 14; Charles L. Thomas, 15

Read more about it http://katv.com/news/local/wri …it’s gets worse y’all.. they literally buried most of them on top of each other and there is a prison in that spot now. Arkansas made so much money from these deaths and then hid it. The grave where they stacked them isn’t even marked

The site with all the details that I posted was literally up this morning! I clicked on it a few minutes ago and they have literally taken the whole thing down.... they were really trying to keep this covered I’m shook...

I am so glad that nearly 20 thousand people have now been made aware of this story. I never thought it would touch so many.These boys deserve to be thought of, remembered,honored & mourned. Thank you all for helping share their story. Our story. History. We are better together.