A review by retiredlibrarylady
A Song Flung Up To Heaven by Maya Angelou

4.0

The last of her autobiographies. Shorter than the last several. She leaves Africa to work for Malcolm X, but he is assassinated shortly after her arrival. She then pivots to being the northern coordinator for Martin Luther King and the SCLC. Guy's health and happiness continue to be important; King's death is an additional trauma and turn in her road. At the end, with the encouragement of her friend Jimmy Baldwin (!), she begins what would be "I Know why the Caged Bird Sings".