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This is one of several scenes Parks staged of the unnamed narrator emerging through a manhole on a street in Harlem—a place that for Ellison represented “the scene and symbol of the<br>Negro’s perpetual alienation in the land of his birth.” The imagined episode is only hinted at in the book’s epilogue as the conflicted narrator prepares to leave his underground sanctuary. Although not included in the three-page <em>Life</em> story, <em>Emerging Man</em> captures the surreal and nightmarish character of Ellison’s novel, which addresses the psychological damage inflicted by racism on African Americans.&nbsp; ","remarks":"MEB rotation January 2019 "}],"datebegin":1952,"sortnumber":"2017  187","published_date":"2026-03-31 03:27:57.955361","objectid":130316,"dimensions":"image: 22.6 × 32.8 cm (8 7/8 × 12 15/16 in.)\r\nsheet: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)","on_view":false}