Ralph Ellison, the self-taught writer
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Label
Ralph Ellison, the self-taught writer
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRT
Main title
Ralph Ellison
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
17
Series statement
African-American achievers
Sub title
the self-taught writer
Summary
This program vividly recounts the rough road from poverty to national stardom for writer Ralph Ellison. It covers Ellison's life from his early years growing up in a segregated society in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the turn of the 20th century, the many challenges he hurdled to learn his skill of being a writer and his vault to fame. Ellison's ability to relate the struggle African Americans faced in a racially polarized society in his moving novel "Invisible Man" made him nationally famous. His great determination to be recognized as a writer is told
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Ralph Ellison story
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Outgoing Resources
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