Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Ralph Ellison Bio


  • Ellison (age 19) studied music at Tuskegee Institute- historically black private university
  • served in the military, lived in South Carolina and Tenessee before moving to Arizona
  • Author of Invisible Man
  • Taught at colleges and universities, including Bard College and New York University
  • Tuskegee Institute was founded in 1881
    • first teacher was Booker T. Washington
    • Dr. Foster led Tuskegee through the Civil Rights Movement 
Ralph Ellison















Students at Tuskegee Institute

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