Quote Of The Day

"Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values."
Ralph Waldo Ellison (1913-1994)
Author, Essayist, Civil Rights Activist

Links For Further Study:
Wikipedia Entry for Ralph Ellison
Short Webliography
The 1952 "The Nation" Review of "Invisible Man" by Irving Howe
PBS's American Masters
Ralph W. Ellison At Amazon.com