#ralph ellison

[saydesole]

Black Authors

Happy Black History is Everyday

Toni Morrison 1931-2019

James Baldwin 1924-1987

Octavia E Butler 1947-2006

Langston Hughes 1901-1967

Maya Angelou 1928-2014

Ralph Ellison 1914-1994

Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960

W.E.B Du Bois 1868-1963

[quotefeeling]

To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.

Ralph Ellison

[thoughtkick]

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Ralph Ellison

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Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Ralph Ellison

[chantssecrets]

James Baldwin, Odetta Holmes, Ralph Ellison, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 1963.

In 1963, Ossie and Ruby Davis, James Baldwin, John O. Killens, Odetta, and Louis Lomax formed the Association of Artists for Freedom, which called for a Christmas boycott to protest the church bombing, and asked that, instead of buying gifts, people make Christmas contributions to civil rights organizations.

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[davidhudson]

Ralph Ellison, March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994.

[thehopefulquotes]

To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.

Ralph Ellison