Recognition
"Flying Home" is mentioned in the Autobiography of Malcolm X and in 1996 it won a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It is featured (together with a Lindy hop dance arrangement) in the film Malcolm X.
Ralph Ellison titled a short story, "Flying Home" (1944) for the song, which eventually became the title of a posthumous collection of short stories.
"Flying Home" is the title of a 1978 novel by Morris Lurie. Lurie uses references to jazz in his stories.
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