A Song Flung Up to Heaven

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A Song Flung Up to Heaven is Maya Angelou’s sixth autobiographical volume, chronicling her experiences during the turbulent years surrounding the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

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A Song Flung Up to Heaven canonical 6

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instanceOf autobiography ⓘ
book ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
author Maya Angelou ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describesEvent assassination of Malcolm X ⓘ
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
follows All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasSequel Mom & Me & Mom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century American literature ⓘ
mainSubject Maya Angelou ⓘ
mainTheme civil rights movement ⓘ
grief and loss ⓘ
personal resilience ⓘ
racial injustice in the United States ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
partOf Maya Angelou’s seven-volume autobiographical series ⓘ
positionInSeries sixth volume ⓘ
precedes Mom & Me & Mom ⓘ
publicationDate 2002 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
series Maya Angelou autobiographies ⓘ
settingPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
subjectMatter Maya Angelou’s reaction to Martin Luther King Jr.’s death ⓘ
Maya Angelou’s return to the United States from Africa ⓘ
Maya Angelou’s work with Malcolm X ⓘ
titleOrigin inspired by African American spirituals ⓘ

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Maya Angelou → notableWork → A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ
Maya Angelou → wrote → A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ
Marguerite Annie Johnson → notableWork → A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes → precedes → A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ
Mom & Me & Mom → follows → A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ
Mom & Me & Mom → precededBy → A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ