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Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Ralph Ellison

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Ralph Ellison
Age: 80 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 1
Died: 1994
Died: April 16
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Literary Critic
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ralph Waldo Ellison
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