A Song Flung Up To Heaven (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Ossie Davis was to be master of ceremonies, Pete Seeger would sing, James Baldwin would spear up the audience and Martin Luther King, Jr., would conclude the evening. The concert was planned to recognize the hundredth anniversary of the birth of W. E. B. DuBois. The historian had died in Ghana five years earlier at the age of ninety-five.Jimmy had taken a box for family and friends, so Sam Floyd and Dolly and I joined the Baldwins and the baritone Brock Peters and his wife, Deedee.The occasion was serious, but the people were lighthearted as they glittered in the lobby of Carnegie Hall.When Ossie Davis appeared onstage in a sleek tuxedo that fitted him everywhere, the audience was eager for him. Ossie glowed with grace and pleased the patrons with his easy wit. Next, Pete Seeger, the well-known folk-singer, arched his long, lean body around his guitar and sang:“Where have all the flowers gone?Long time passing...”The crowd showed their appreciation by asking for an encore.James Baldwin flew onto the stage, talking before he even reached the microphone.
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