Plan ralph Ellison's Biography Summary of Invisible Man

The Brotherhood
After his time in the factory hospital, the narrator happens upon an eviction of an elderly Black family in Harlem, while a group of people watch. When the crowd begins to demand violence upon the eviction officials, the narrator steps up and gives a speech about how Blacks are a "law abiding people" (Chapter thirteen). He encourages the crowd to put the couple's things back in the house and asks the officials to allow the woman to pray. The crowd is roused to action, and when the police show up, the narrator escapes through a back alley. He is followed by a man named Brother Jack who asks him to join the labor group The Brotherhood as a speaker. Brother Jack says that the narrator will be "the new Booker T. Washington" (Chapter fourteen).
The narrator gives successful speeches at the Brotherhood's rallies, and Brother Jack tells the narrator that he has been appointed as the "chief spokesman for the Harlem district," taking him to a meeting with the Brotherhood's executive committee (Chapter sixteen).
The committee is cautious about making plans in Harlem because a radical Black nationalist named Ras the Exhorter considers Harlem his own territory. Ras is considered dangerous since his ideas are more aggressive than those of the Brotherhood, who are committed to non-violence. The narrator meets Tod Clifton, a member of the Brotherhood who is in charge of leading the youth. At a Brotherhood rally, Ras and members of his group show up, and a fight between the groups ensues. Ras holds Clifton at knife-point and accuses the Black members of the Brotherhood of selling out because they work with whites.
The narrator continues organizing rallies for the Brotherhood and gaining a favorable reputation in the community. He receives a letter from an editor asking for an interview, but when the committee finds out, they accuse the narrator of trying to use them to advance his own career. He gets reassigned as the group's spokesperson for Women's Rights.
The narrator is seduced by a woman in at a Women's Right rally and finds out that she is the unhappy wife of a negligent husband. When the narrator returns to a Brotherhood meeting, he finds out that the group membership has declined since they have begun to focus on national and international concerns. Tod Clifton goes missing, and the narrator finds him selling dancing Sambo dolls on the street.