A man named Clifton sells dancing "Sambo" dolls without a permit and is shot by white policemen, leading the narrator to hold a funeral for him without the Brotherhood's permission.
In this work, the narrator drives a trustee of his college around the campus, and tells him a story about Jim Trueblood. The president of the narrator's college gives him seven recommendation letters, but Mr. Emerson reveals that they depict the narrator as unreliable and dishonest. A man named Clifton sells dancing "Sambo" dolls without a permit and is shot by white policemen, leading the narrator to hold a funeral for him without the Brotherhood's permission. The narrator meets Ras the Exhorter after being asked to join the Brotherhood by Brother Jack. For 10 points, name this novel about a black man who tries to understand his identity by Ralph Ellison.
In this work, the narrator drives a trustee of his college around the campus, and tells him a story about Jim Trueblood.
{Invisible Man} [do not accept {The Invisible Man} by H.G. Wells]