And asked him if he would help me with this project in 1994. But i had wanted to write about ellisons work for a long time. And finally, in 1977, i wrote an essay on ellison, called the historical frequencies of ralph waldo ellison, and in this piece, i try to make the case that ellisons essays, and at that time, many others, some of them werent published at all, and many of the most compelling essays hadnt made it into shadow and act. Ralph says he used to say, society and morality in a novel, tell it like it is, baby, really unbelievably superb in original essays, were rejected for inclusion in shadow and act if you can believe it and i tracked these down and tried to make the case that invisible man his essays rather not only , provided a way to read invisible man but also more broadly provided a way to read American Literature as a continuing kind of engagement with the imperfect union of the declaration of independence, and the constitution and the sacred documents of abraham linc
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A High School Graduation to end like this is horrible. It needs to be better. Breaking news tonight at Skyline High School in oakland. Multiple witnesses at a graduation telling ktvu there was a fight and then shots were fired. Its clearly unfortunate, definitely on a day like this, some of the students that graduated this supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. I dont its crazy. Tonight, a Massive Police presence at Skyline High School in oakland. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im her lmes. This all happening at the school there on skyline boarin the oakland hills. Thats where opd is expected to hold a live News Conference in just a few minutes. But first, ktvu zac sos joining us now live from skyline with this breaking news. And zach, what do we know tonight . Well, as you mentioned, we are expecting a briefing from Oakland Police at any moment. As you can see though, a large Police Presence still here outside of Skyline High School where earlier today, as you ment
Firefighters it looks like better access to the metal that is in the center of this fire. At this point, we did just see some flames jumping up over the fence just a few minutes ago. You can see some water being thrown there from the equipment as well. Fighting these flames. The Fire Department got the call here about 3 00. We do have some video from sky fox. We want to show you give you a better perspective of what this looks like from above. Sims metal, a scrap metal yard here on seaport boulevard in redwood city. Oftentimes you you find cars being recycled and scrap yards which have that flammable material, maybe gasoline still in the tank. And if theres a spark that lands at the right spot, youve got the potential for a fire. Of course, although theres no indication yet from the Fire Department of what may have caused this firefighter fire out here. Rather, we did hear from a witness a few minutes ago. He says that this is the biggest fire hes seen out of the several hes seen worki