Heaven was the word for Canada, and the Negro sang of the hope that his escape on the Underground Railroad would carry him there.


quoted in The New York Times, [Nov. 23, 2003]

Martin Luther King Quotes

Heaven was the word for Canada, and the Negro sang of the hope that his escape on the Underground Railroad would carry him there.

Heaven was the word for Canada, and the Negro sang of the hope that his escape on the Underground Railroad would carry him there.

Heaven was the word for Canada, and the Negro sang of the hope that his escape on the Underground Railroad would carry him there.

Heaven was the word for Canada, and the Negro sang of the hope that his escape on the Underground Railroad would carry him there.