Act 1, Scene 3 Summary

A few days have passed and Angel returns home at the end of an exhausting day with no prospects of a singing job. The sight of the poor and homeless on the streets has driven her even further into despair. To her surprise, Guy informs her that Nick has made arrangements for Angel to audition at the end of the week for a man named Tony, the owner of another club in Harlem. Angel's spirits are immediately lifted and she and Guy dress up to attend a sophisticated party at a friend's house. The event is in honor of poet Langston Hughes, who has been away from New York for some time.

Across the hall, Sam arrives at Delia's apartment to help her prepare for her upcoming speech at the Abyssinian Church, where the Reverend Adam Clayton Powell Jr. is pastor...