Primary Sources: People - African-Americans: Ellison, Ralph

The Iowa Review, vol 19 Issue 3 Fall 1989

"American author Ralph Ellison describes his process of discovery as he worked on his masterful novel "Invisible Man," published in 1952."

"In 1965, Robert Penn Warren wrote a book, now out of print, entitled Who Speaks for the Negro? To research this publication, he traveled the country and spoke with a variety of people who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He spoke with nationally-known figures as well as people working in the trenches of the Movement. The volume contains many of the transcripts from these conversations. The Who Speaks for the Negro? Archive contains digitized versions of the original reel-to-reel recordings, as well as copies of the correspondence, transcripts, and other printed materials related to his research for the provocatively-titled book. "