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Birth
Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to his parents Alfred Ellison and Ida Millsap -
Brother's Birth
His brother's name is Herbert Millsap Ellison -
Father's Death
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Tuskeegee Institure
Ellison attended the Tuskeegee Institue on a scholarship and studied music -
New York City
Ellison moved to New York City in order to study sculpture and photography -
Fanny McConnel
Ellison married Fanny McConne who supported him both financial and emotionally -
Invisible Man
Ellison's most famous novel, "Invisible Man", is published -
National Book Award for Fiction
Ellison won the National Book Award for Fiction for "Invisible Man" -
Abroad
Ellison went abroad to lecture and ended up staying in Rome, Italy which is where he met Robert Penn Warren who would become a good friend of his -
Bard College
Ellison began teaching American and Russian Lit. at Bard College while also beginning his novel, "Juneteenth" -
Shadow Act
Ellison published "Shadow Act" and started to teach at both Rutgers and Yale -
"Invisible Man"
"Invisble Man" is declared the most influential novel since World War Two by 200 voters -
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Ellsion received the Presidentail Medal of Freedom for his work with the Civil Rights Movement -
Odre des Arts et Lettres
Ellison became a chavallier of the Odre des Arts et Lettres by France -
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Ellison was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and his hometown named a library after him -
Langston Hughes Medal
Ellison received the Alngston Hughes Medal from New York College -
National Medal of Arts
Ellison received the National Medal of Arts -
"Going to the Territory"
Ellison published a group of essays called "Going to the Territory" -
Death
Ellison died due to pancreatic Cancer, his wife, Fanny, lived until the age of 93