It originated as a 1947 short story entitled "Battle Royal," which was later used as the first chapter of the expanded novel.  
It originated as a 1947 short story entitled "Battle Royal," which was later used as the first chapter of the expanded novel.  In it, the nameless title character flees the South for New York City and joins a radical revolutionary society known as the Brotherhood, only to discover that the Brotherhood is just as racist as the rest of the world.  In the end, he retreats into a hole in the ground and disappears.  For 10 points name this work by Ralph Ellison.
It originated as a 1947 short story entitled "Battle Royal," which was later used as the first chapter of the expanded novel.  
Invisible Man