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The Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers. There were dedicated conductors and safe houses, but also arduous nights in the mountains and days in threatening towns. For those who made it to Midnight (the code name given to Detroit), the Detroit River became a River Jordan and Canada became their land of Canaan - the Promised Land where they could live freely in black settlements under the protection of British law.

Greenwich Village in the 1950s was a haven to which young poets, painters, and jazz musicians flocked. Among them was Hettie Cohen, who'd been born into a middle-class Jewish family in Queens and who'd chosen to cross racial barriers to marry the controversial Black poet LeRoi Jones.

UM LIVRO DE MEMÓRIAS REVELADOR DA MULHER QUE CONHECIA BOB MARLEY COMO NENHUMA OUTRA PESSOA... "Certamente se tornará o relato biográfico definitivo do artista de reggae que mudou a música pop e se tornou um líder para milhões de pessoas." THE TIMES Ao humanizar Bob Marley e seus...