From the funeral oration for Tod Clifton in #invisibleman. Search it and read it, everyone. #georgefloyd #BreonnaTaylor #AhmaudArbery #ralphellison

Juneteenth celebration (ca. 1900). "We shall demonstrate once again that in this great, inventive land man’s idlest dreams are but the blueprints and mockups of emerging realities, technologies and poems." - Ralph Ellison, _Juneteenth_

"Words of Emancipation didn't arrive until the middle of June so they called it Juneteenth. So that was it, the night of Juneteenth celebration, his mind went on. The celebration of a gaudy illusion. " - Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth #EmancipationDay #freedom #JUNETEENTH2020

newyorker.com/culture/cultur… Great article The New Yorker Troy Patterson. Thank you for honoring Mr. Ellison & preserving his legacy. #ralphellison #ralphellisonfoundation #BlackLivesMatter #blackauthors #JuneteenthDay #read

Mr. Ellison's words very relevant... #deception #Gaslighting #SocialJustice #BlackLivesMatter #SayTheirNames #ralphellison #ralphellisonfoundation #blackauthors #writers #Read

instagram.com/tv/CB9oHqJpaNh… Violin vigil for Elijah Lewis. #JusticeForElijahMcClain #musicheals #ralphellison #ralphellisonfoundation

Where we are and what we do. #gwendolynbrooks #TogetherWeCan

Artwork by Liu Bolin. Don’t let this happen this 4th of July. You can’t have the red-white-and-blue without the black. Let’s celebrate reaching towards a more just and perfect union. #ralphellison #FourthofJuly #america #americanflag #invisibleman #StopTheHate

“We do not bury the past, because it is within us.” —Ralph Ellison, Commencement Address at the College of William and Mary, 1972 #ralphellison #ralphellisonfoundation #monument #memory

“A tremor shook me...and I was overcome with swift shame. I realized that I no longer knew my own name.” —_Invisible Man_ #ralphellison #invisibleman

"The passing of John Lewis deprives the United States of its foremost warrior in a battle for racial justice... Americans — and particularly his colleagues in Congress — can best honor his memory by picking up where he left off." From an The New York Times editorial 7/17/20 #johnlewis

“I feel that to embrace uncritically values which are extended to us by others is to reject the validity, even the sacredness, of our own experience.” Ralph Ellison, 1964 #ralphellison #history #wakeup

“Closed societies are now the flimsiest of illusions, for all the outsiders are demanding in.” Ralph Ellison, "Society, Morality and the Novel,” 1957 #ralphellison #inclusionmatters

#ralphellison #ralphellisonfoundation #historyrepeats #invisibleman #truthandreconciliation

Join us this THURSDAY afternoon, 5:30 on 11/19, for an online installment of our Light Bulb Room series of conversational forums: IS AMERICA CHANGING? Visit bit.ly/LBR11-20 to register for this Zoom event and get ready for a vibrant discussion!

At new OKC Black-owned bookstore, "We just want them to come into a place and see themselves" oklahoman.com/article/567652… Proud! We will livestream this Saturday's Ellison Young Reader's Club from Belle's Books via Instagram at 10:30 am. See bit.ly/NovEYRC for more!

Did you know you can help us grow EVERY time you shop with Amazon? Just hop from smile.amazon.com after selecting Ralph Ellison Foundation as your favorite Smile charity. It literally costs nothing and just takes a couple of clicks to set up. Thank you for your support!

“Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled 'file and forget.’” Ellison, Invisible Man, Epilogue #staywoke #actionsspeaklouderthanwords

Dr. Melvin Todd was a giant. I was thrilled to meet him through Ralph Ellison Foundation & was deeply honored to have his support when I sought this office. We send our deepest condolences to his family, and all those we have lost from COVID-19. google.com/amp/s/oklahoma…

Life Aboard a Slave Ship | History youtu.be/PmQvofAiZGA via YouTube Middle Passage, the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the New World. #BlackHistory