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This quote has to due with the Invisible Man's attempt to break away from his past. This shows his progression as he knows that it is only holding him back. He needs to thirve in the new north with a new life

"The white men menacingly watch as the young men tremble with fear, knowing that in the time they live, a Black man who demonstrates sexual interest in a white woman risks being lynched"

This source provides a detailed look at the battle royal, and this quote highlights the oppression that is evident in the first chapter.

"Southern blacks considered a move to the north as a step toward economic independence and a better life in a region of the country where they believed they might be treated more fairly."

This article provides historical background for the 1930's time period in which the novel, Invisible Man, takes place. The article provides additional insight into the society dictated position of blacks in American culture and racism throughout the society. This novel puts the book into greater historical context.

Discusses the Brotherhood's effects upon IM. Although supposedly designed to boost visibility and rights of black men, the party really only bends the thoughts, discipline, and lives of its followers to its own gain. Like Bledsoe, the Brotherhood bleeds the black men dry in order to keep them oppressed, while the top Brothers, white brothers, profit and thrive.

The murder of Brother Clifton really helps the narrator develop his maturity. This helps him see the individuals rather than the masses thus finally discovering the corruption of the Brotherhood

This compilation is based around the book Living With Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings, and co-produced and annotated by that volume's editor, Robert G. O'Meally. The idea is to assemble various pieces of music with some connection to Ellison or his writings, with the specific threads -- a direct comment Ellison might have made on a track, for instance, or a song that's referred to in one of his stories -- explained in O'Meally's notes.

This is a track listing of an album composed of tracks that influenced Ellison in his work. An aspiring musician who went to school to study it, Ellison also grew close with many famous musicians in Harlem. These artists, including Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were an essential part of a thriving social scene in Harlem while Ellison wrote invisible man. The last track is a recording of Ellison's 1964 address at the Library of Congress. He speaks about "blind men on corners" and the blacks who pretend to be part of a successful white society, people whom Malcolm X spoke so strongly against years later.

Talks about the psychology behind cults, which can be useful information with regard to the Brotherhood in Invisible Man and the National of Islam.

This discusses the change within the narrator which leads him to maturity. Bound by te barriers of white society, his ignorance to the oppresson leads to his easily manipulation. After going in the whole though he sees the need to unite with his race

This source is interesting because it describes Ralph Ellison life and work, while also portraying the fact that his colleague, Richard Wright, was a foil to him. While Wrights character's were unrefined, hot-tempered, and uneducated, Invisible Man is the opposite. The article also talks about Ellison's efforts to maintain cultural identity and traditional black culture in America.

"Racism is intertwined with discrimination in two dimensions. On the one hand, discrimination is a specific practice that can arise from racism. On the other hand, racism is a specific form of discrimination directed against a social group that is constructed with regard to physical attributes, for example the color of the skin or the hair type."

"Racism gets its full power by infiltrating people's own specific perceptions. In the minds of both victims and perpetrators, racism is produced and reproduced with prejudices and stereotypes from the other and the own."

This article explains the definition of racism and the forms in which it is found in society. The article discusses the psychological effects of racism and how it consists mainly of mind over body. Invisible Man shows how racism starts to physiologically engender the oppressed into believing in they are inferior. This article would provide insight and support into an essay discussing oppression and its effects.

"Seeking housing in white communities, blacks found themselves unwelcome and sometimes attacked. Competition for jobs and housing increased racial tensions"

"African Americans retaliated, and soon innocents of both races were beaten and killed as the riot intensified. Seven days of mayhem produced thirty-eight dead, fifteen whites and twenty-three blacks; 537 injuries; and 1,000 homeless families."

This article describes the historic event of the Chicago Riots of 1919. The riots were engendered by racial tensions between whites and blacks aggrandized by competition over jobs and housing. The black communities were overcrowded and crime-ridden, and the blacks were unwelcome in white communities. This article provides an example of the consequences of rampant inequality in society between races which resembles the Harlem riot present in Invisible Man.

"Sexism commonly describes attitudes, statements, acts, strategies, or methods that lead to the discrimination, marginalization, or oppression of individuals or groups based on their sex. "

This article describes the occurrence of sexism in society. The oppression of women based upon their sex consistently occurs throughout the history of America. In Invisible Man, the whites oppress the blacks, and the blacks oppress the women. In America, groups oppress each other in order to maintain their position in top or above others. This article would support an essay dealing with oppression, and the occurrence of oppression to promote certain groups over others.

"Every society organizes around a set of beliefs, values, and behaviors. Prejudices play a major part in shaping these beliefs and the resulting behavior that leads to unequal treatment among various groups within the society. "

"These historical patterns of race relations greatly influenced how people in America through time perceived others and interacted with them. These patterns of behavior became entrenched, creating social standards people were expected to live by. Blacks were stereotyped as weaker, less able, and less valuable than whites."

This article explains racial prejudice forms and becomes instilled in a society. The prejudice then affects various aspects of the society against the object of the oppression. Invisible Man demonstrates this concept through the racism the narrator experiences being a member of society. Some of the discrimination against the narrator is unintentional, but some is deliberate. This article would support an essay discussing the effect of prejudice on society's values, customs, and beliefs.

I forgot the quotes, but since this is a pdf I can't copy and paste direct quotations. But, it mainly focuses on the leg chain and the effect that Tarp has on IM and his journey and growth.

Ellison's difficulty, one cause of all the cuts, is that matter of self-definition. At a time when many blacks, especially the young, are denying all influences of American culture, Ellison, as always, doggedly affirms his identity as a Negro-American, a product of the blending of both cultures "I don't recognize any white culture," he says. "I recognize no American culture which is not the partial creation of black people. I recognize no American style in literature, in dance, in music, even in assembly-line processes, which does not bear the mark of the American Negro." Unlike Malcolm, he blends American and African. Like Malcolm, however, he sees that black people have a much larger influence on American life than given credit for.

"A person of considerable affectation, he can manage even in striped trousers and a swallow-tail coat topped by an ascot tie to make himself look humble"

This entry is in Novels for Students, and provides details like themes and character development. This gives the reader another look at Bledsoe.

"he saw his task as waking up "dead Negroes" by revealing the truth about America and about themselves"

This source provides details about Malcolm's life, and this quote shows direct correspondence to Invisible Man. The people in Invisible Man are sleeping and not truly living like the people here.