10. In 1970, she finally escaped her abusive husband and fled to Barbados
1970 was a big year for Nina. Her career was irreparably harmed by her Civil Rights involvement and she felt disenfranchised by the US after the movement’s end. Wholesale change was needed. With the end of the Civil Rights movement, Nina felt she had no purpose as a musician, and so no longer needed to put up with the physical and mental abuse of her monstrous husband, who was also her manager and looked after her bookings, finances, and publicity. Leaving her wedding ring on her pillow, she fled to Barbados.
