Too many ads or having playback issues? Try switching to another server using the buttons below the player.

Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious journey from a childhood of hardship and poverty to celebrated African American writer is chronicled in this inspiring program through exclusive interviews and personal recollection.

Ralph Ellison
Self (archive footage)
Forever a Woman
1955