Word: ellison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Welcome Home. Richard Gibson, in Manhattan from Paris for the publication of his new novel, A Mirror for Magistrates, points out that other Negro writers (Ralph Ellison, William Demby, Ben Johnson) have chosen Rome for their voluntary exile. He says: "All these people are in Europe because of social and political causes which everyone knows. The bright young white boys, after the end of their Fulbright scholarships, are able to return with reasonably light hearts to the dens of Madison Avenue or to the provincial Ph.D. factories. It is still impossible for an American Negro to return to the land...
...unlike most other literary heftings of the black man's burden. Perhaps because he is white. New York-born, New Orleans-reared Novelist Feibleman, 27, lacks the pamphleteer's rage of Richard Wright (Black Boy) and the jazzed-up, Joyced-up intellectual's revulsion of Ralph Ellison (The Invisible Man). His book is not a work of protest; it is a soft laugh at the whole spectrum of racial ironies...
...first singles, Dale Junta, although bothered somewhat by the strong cross-wind which whistled over the courts all afternoon, defeated Tony Ellison, 6-3, 6-3. At second singles, Gottlieb topped George Huft, 7-5, 6-1, and Larry Sears turned in his most impressive victory of the home season as he swept past Army's third man, Bill Bailey...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 28--Yale's powerful swimming team received a slight jolt in the first event of the 34th NCAA Championships here last night. Michigan's Fritz Myers pulled even with the Elis' Ray Ellison at the three-quarters mark in the 1500-meter freestyle, then stroked on to upset the Eastern champion in 19:04.8. This ties the Tar Heel Pool record set in 1949 by N. Heusner of North-western...
...Ellison finished second in 19:05.5, while Joe Robinson took third for the Elis in 19:32.5. The other point-winners were Edward Johnson of Texas (19:33.6), Buddy Belshe of Denver (19:42.4), and Peter Fries of Michigan...