American author Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994) wrote "Invisible Man," a classic 20th-century American novel. He was an early spokesman among African Americans for the need for racial identity. Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City on March 1, 1914. Hi...

Centuries hence, when the important Afro-American writers of our day are studied, perhaps Ralph Ellison--novelist, short-story writer, and essayist--will be considered the most indispensable. Already, a great many critics think that his Invisible Man (19...

Though his reputation rests on a single novel, many critics consider Ralph Ellison to be the preeminent Afro-American writer, and others have argued that Invisible Man ranks with the most significant American literary works of this century. In the thirty...

Police in riot gear dispersed the crowd at the city's Juneteenth Day celebration after a man was pulled from a car and beaten and an officer was injured trying to break up a fight."During the day the crowd was very well behaved and everything was...

A state legislator who sparked outrage by saying black Virginians should "get over" slavery proposed a resolution Monday celebrating slavery's demise.Del. Frank D. Hargrove proposed Virginia officially celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It refers to the date...

Watching her battered brother lay on the pavement outside her home, struggling to breathe as he choked on his own blood, Margaret Morales couldn't fathom why someone would beat him so badly.It's a question police were still trying to answer Wednesday, a day after an...

Police on Wednesday were pleading for witnesses to help them track down members of an angry mob that beat a man to death after the car he was riding in apparently struck and injured a child.Investigators were struggling to piece together what happened Tuesday when...