Blues for an Alabama Sky Study Guide consists of approx. 54 pages of summaries and analysis on Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Browse the literature study guide below:
Blues for an Alabama Sky takes place in Harlem, New York, in the summer of 1930. The first scene takes place on a New York City street at three in the morning. Guy Jacobs, a black homosexual man about 30 years old, is helping a friend, Angel Allen, a 34-year-old black woman. Angel is a singer at the famous Cotton Club and is obviously quite drunk. Guy's effort to get Angel home is aided by Leland Cunningham, a man who happened to meet the two friends on the street. (
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