the decision came when i was reading a stillness at appomattox and a study of the negro freedman andmade a heightening of perspective and a sense of the problems that lie ahead that left me what i'd. i can see the whole room stretched out and all got mixed up with this book i am trying to right and left me twisted with julianne and a sense of inadequacy. why did i have to be a writer during a time when events sneer openly at your efforts, the fine consciousness and form? so now the judges found negro's must be individuals and that is hopeful and good. would wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children. for me there's still the problem of making meaning out of the past and i am lucky are described bledsoe before he was checked out. now on writing about the invasion of identity which is another characteristic american problem which must be about to change. i hope so. it is giving me enough trouble. here is to integration, the only integration that counts for the personality. that letter to me is the best, most profound and that can be given to why ralph ellison did no

closing panel discussion of this twenty fifth anniversary symposium featuring outside guests tom freedman and bill kristol, and our own in-house talent. i hope you can join us for what i'm sure will be a fascinating discussion.