... Disillusioned and pessimistic, he left school (finishing grade eight) to live with his sister Ella Mae Little Collins in Boston. He grew to be accepted in the underclass. He had many odd jobs in Boston un til he went to Harlem, where he learned to survive in the ghetto as a hustler. Due to his reddish hair colour, his street name was "Detroit Red ... '. He became dependent on drugs, got into trouble and returned to Boston to organize a burglary ring. In 1946, he was caught, convicted and sentenced to ten years even though it was his first offence. This large term was instituted because of...

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