| Biography |
| GRAHAM, LORENZ |
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Name and vital stats |
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GRAHAM, LORENZ [1902- ] (writer) |
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Biographical |
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Aka LORENZ BELL GRAHAM |
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Was an assistant to W.E.B. DuBois, who wrote the forward to his 1st book |
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Education |
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University of California at Los Angeles; Virginia Union University |
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Influences |
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Living in Africa, travelling widely |
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experience of segregation, discrimination & violence |
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Member |
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P.E.N. International (past president Los Angeles Center) |
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Southern California Writers Guild |
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Print Media (non-comics) |
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Designer: Instructional materials: Short stories for school texts 1958+ |
> 58 50s |
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Writer: Novel: Tales of Momolu 1947 |
> 47 |
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Writer: Novels: How God Fix Jonah [trilogy about a black family in America] 1946 |
> 46 |
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Performing Arts |
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Speaking engagements: universities, writers' groups, even world leaders |
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Other Careers |
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Teacher: At 22, spent 4 years as a missionary teacher, Monrovia College, Liberia |
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Teacher: Literature & creative writing |
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Honors |
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Association for the Study of Negro Life, History citation 1959 |
> 59 |
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Child Study Association of America 1958 |
> 58 |
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Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Virginia University 1983 |
> 83 |
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Los Angeles City Council citation 1966 |
> 66 |
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Southern Calif. Council on Literature for Children, Young People award |
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Thomas Alva Edison Citation Charles W. Follet Award 1956/58 |
> 56 58 |
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Vassie D. Wright Award Book World, First Prize 1967/69 |
> 67 69 |
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Promotional comics |
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A ROAD DOWN THE SEA~ (w) 1971 religious comic |
> 71 |
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DAVID HE NO FEAR~ (w) 1971 religious comic |
> 71 |
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EVERY MAN HEART LAY DOWN~ (w) 1970 religious comic |
> 70 |
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GOD WASH THE WORLD AND START AGAIN~ (w) 1971 religious comic |
> 71 |
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HONGRY CATCH THE FOOLISH BOY~ (w) religious comic |
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JOHN BROWN'S RAID~ (w) 1972 religious comic |
> 72 |
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GILBERTON |
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BIOGRAPHY (w) 1955 |
> 55 |
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MACBETH (adapt) 1955 |
> 55 |
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OX-BOW INCIDENT (adapt) 1955 |
> 55 |
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STORY OF JESUS, THE (adapt) 1955 |
> 55 |
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TEN COMMANDMENTS (adapt) 1956 |
> 56 |
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TIME MACHINE, THE (adapt) 1956 |
> 56 |
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Source (some data) |
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LORENZ GRAHAM |
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