Noun
United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)
Source: WordNetI agree with Ralph Ellison when he asked, perhaps rhetorically, why is it that so many of those who would tell us the meaning of Negro, of Negro life, never bothered to learn how varied it really is. Clarence Thomas
In December 1970, for an issue of The Atlantic Monthly, McPherson did a cover interview with Ralph Ellison, and collaborated with him on the essay “Indivisible Man." Source: Internet
This structure also echoes the cutting contests of jazz music which Ralph Ellison describes in his stories about live jazz music in the 1930s. Source: Internet