Robert hayden was born to a struggling couple, Ruth and Asia Sheffey. They were divorced and Hayden moved in with a foster family. Sue Ellen Westerfield and William Hayden, adn grew up in a Detroit ghetto called "Paradise Valley." he had a traumatic childhood, witnessing fights and suffering beatings. Since he was nearsighted and slight of stature, he was picked at by his peer group, adn becasue of his traumas he read a lot, and fo

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