Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison

Resources:

• VIDEO: “An Introduction to Ralph Ellison” from PBS Learning Media

• VIDEO: Interview with author Ralph Ellison from the Oklahoma Historical Society

• AUDIO: Louis Armstrong’s version of "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue,” the 1929 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller with lyrics by Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf.

• PODCAST: "Episode 98: Invisible Man" from The Great Books Podcast

• VISUAL: After "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue, Jeff Wall, 2000. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3

• New York Times archived page featuring Ralph Ellison

• Digital Public Library of American (DPLA) primary source set on Ellison’s Invisible Man

• “Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ as a Parable of Our Time” by Clint Smith for The New Yorker

• “Opinion: In The Shadow Of Protests, Turn To Ralph Ellison” by Scott Simon for NPR