Juneteenth | Author Biography
Ralph Waldo Ellison, a twentieth-century African American writer and scholar, is one of America’s most powerful and notable voices in the history of black America. A productive writer of essays and criticism, Ellison only wrote two novels during his lifetime, Invisible Man and the posthumously published Juneteenth. Although not prolific in the world of fiction, Ellison’s writing changed the way Americans thought about race, politics, religion and culture through his essays and teachings.
Ellison was born into segregation on March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma City,...
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