A Song Flung Up to Heaven (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Maya Angelou
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Discrimination, History, 1960’s, United States or Americans, Race, Authors or writers, Writing, Los Angeles, Assassination, Riots
- Locales: California, New York
A Song Flung Up to Heaven begins in 1964 with Angelou returning to the United States from Ghana in order to help with the Civil Rights movement, specifically to write and organize for Malcolm X. Shortly after she lands in California, he is assassinated before her work with him can begin. Her brother takes his grief-stricken sister to Hawaii, where she sings in nightclubs, with no notable success. Returning to California, she works as a door-to-door surveyor in the Watts District of Los Angeles, thus getting to know the people's poverty and anger. Therefore, she is not surprised...
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