This novel's protagonist is fired from a paint factory after Lucius Brockway tricks him into destroying a boiler. This novel's protagonist listens to Louis Armstrong's "Black and Blue" on his phonograph and claims to steal electricity from the Monopolated Light &amp; Power Company by burning 1,369 light bulbs simultaneously. That occurs after this novel's protagonist joins a group which supposedly seeks to promote the rights of the racially oppressed, the Brotherhood, serving as its representative in Harlem. That positi
This novel's protagonist is fired from a paint factory after Lucius Brockway tricks him into destroying a boiler. This novel's protagonist listens to Louis Armstrong's "Black and Blue" on his phonograph and claims to steal electricity from the Monopolated Light &amp; Power Company by burning 1,369 light bulbs simultaneously. That occurs after this novel's protagonist joins a group which supposedly seeks to promote the rights of the racially oppressed, the Brotherhood, serving as its representative in Harlem. That position brings the protagonist into conflict with the black nationalist Ras the Exhorter in this novel. FTP, name this Ralph Ellison novel about racism obscuring individual identity
This novel's protagonist is fired from a paint factory after Lucius Brockway tricks him into destroying a boiler.
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