OPINION: In the Shadow of Protests, Turn to Ralph Ellison
WIth protests continuing across the country in the wake of police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Scott Simon turns to Ralph Ellison's classic novel "Invisible Man" for wisdom.
75 years ago, in the summer of 1945, Ralph Waldo Ellison returned home from serving in the Merchant Marine during World War II and tried to rest on a farm in Vermont. But he was restless to write a novel. It would take him five years. That, is enduring and imperishable.
