Shadow and Act is a 1964 collection of essays by Ralph Ellison. It was his second book published since his 1952 debut Invisible Man.

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The writings encompass the two decades that began with Ellison's involvement with African-American political activism and print media in Harlem, Ellison's emergence as a highly acclaimed writer with the publication of Invisible Man, and culminating with his 1964 challenge of Irving Howe's

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