In 2019, Whitehead spoke with Dave Davies when the book was released. It's set in the early '60s, based on the true story of the Dozier reform school in Florida, where many boys were beaten and ...

From the first page of Colson Whitehead’s extraordinary novel The Underground Railroad I knew I was reading something ground-shifting. I’ve been a student of African-American history since ...

Colson Whitehead's brutal ... and help to guide an individual or a group to a nearby safe spot at enormous personal danger to themselves. It seems the right time to revisit these moments in ...