From the Vault: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Part Three

Description

This week on From the Vault we continue our celebration of Black History month by presenting the third part of our newest acquisition, a celebrity reading of Ralph Ellison’s landmark novel Invisible Man, produced for radio in 1995 by Roy Hurst and Gloria Mashunga Roberts. This radio reading breathes new life into the first and only novel published during the life of Ralph Ellison, not only blending celebrity readers such as Lawrence Fishburne, Alfree Woodard, Roscoe Lee Browne, Levar Burton, and Wynton Marsallis, but also utilizing the voice of the average ‘invisible’ man. This week’s focus, presented by Alfre Woodard, is women’s voices, starting with a tribute to American Black Lesbian Poet Audre Lorde.

From the Vault is proudly presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project.

Broadcast date

02/12/2010

Program Length

59 minutes

Archive number

PZ0673.197

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