274 P2 – Exploring Ralph Ellison In The Modern Era: The Shadow & Act Essays Are Still Worryingly Relevant, With Tony Holt Jr

Educator & podcaster Tony Holt Jr continues his thoughts on Ralph Ellison’s essays; Shadow and Act this week!

This massive conversation had to be split in two (all Patreon supporters had both parts two weeks ago), but this week in part 2, Tony & Mike’s discussion on Ellison’s writing style continues! They delve deeper into specific essays and how they bring forward often overlooked perspectives, including some in Harlem. The duo also talk about how short a time it’s been since the major developments in the Civil Rights era around the 1960s and even the 13th Amendment from around 100 years prior.

Their first Ellison discussion on GCC was in ep 260 (February 2025) delving deep into Ellison’s most famous written work; Invisible Man.

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Tony’s appearance discussing Birth Of A Nation with Spider-Dan & Tonya Todd: https://tinyurl.com/2ctmeeo4
Tony also regularly appears on Tonya Todd’s Banned Books conversations, for 2025 he discussed Beyond Magenta, listen or watch here: https://podfollow.com/femme-on/episode/bca3215da1a297f2ad9cbacd4bda736a9c618d25/view & https://youtu.be/GTlqcO5_tO4

Tony’s Ellison/Black Panther essay is found in Comics Lit Vol 1: www.accomplishinginnovationpress.com/product/comics-lit-vol-1  

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Mike went on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about Child’s Play, here: https://pod.fo/e/32462c

Mike has been on the 20th Century Geek podcast, reviewing Superman ’78, Superman II, the Super/Man documentary and Superman 2025! https://pod.fo/e/2bea07

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