Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

 

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0h 19m 2005 HD

Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious journey from a childhood of hardship and poverty to celebrated African American writer is chronicled in this inspiring program through exclusive interviews and personal recollection.


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