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GRAHAM, LORENZ 
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  LORENZ GRAHAM NULL 
 Name and vital stats 
  GRAHAM, LORENZ BELL [1902- ] (writer) NULL 
 Education 
  University of California at Los Angeles; Virginia Union University NULL 
 Influences 
  experience of segregation; discrimination & violence NULL 
  Living in Africa; travelling widely NULL 
 Member 
  P.E.N. International (past president Los Angeles Center) NULL 
  Southern California Writers Guild NULL 
 Print Media (non-comics) 
  Designer: Instructional materials: 1958+ Short stories for school texts > 58 59 60 61 
  Writer: Novels: 1946 How God Fix Jonah [trilogy about a black family in America] > 46 
  Writer: Novels: 1947 Tales of Momolu > 47 
 Performing Arts 
  Speaking engagements: universities, writers' groups, even world leaders NULL 
 Other career notes 
  Assistant: to W.E.B. DuBois, who wrote the forward to his 1st book NULL 
  Teacher: At 22, spent 4 years as a missionary teacher, Monrovia College, Liberia NULL 
  Teacher: Literature & creative writing NULL 
 Honors 
  Association for the Study of Negro Life, History citation 1959 > 59 
  Child Study Association of America 1958 > 58 
  Honorary Dr. of Humane Letters, Virginia University 1983 > 83 
  Los Angeles City Council citation 1966 > 66 
  Southern Calif. Council on Literature for Children, Young People award NULL 
  Thomas Alva Edison Citation Charles W. Follet Award 1956/58 > 56 58 
  Vassie D. Wright Award Book World, First Prize 1967/69 > 67 69 
 Promotional comics 
  A ROAD DOWN THE SEA~ (wr/) 1971 religious comic > 71 
  DAVID HE NO FEAR~ (wr/) 1971 religious comic > 71 
  EVERY MAN HEART LAY DOWN~ (wr/) 1970 religious comic > 70 
  GOD WASH THE WORLD AND START AGAIN~ (wr/) 1971 religious comic > 71 
  HONGRY CATCH THE FOOLISH BOY~ (wr/) religious comic NULL 
  JOHN BROWN'S RAID~ (wr/) 1972 religious comic > 72 
 GILBERTON 
  BIOGRAPHY (wr/) 1955 > 55 
  MACBETH (adapt/) 1955 > 55 
  OX-BOW INCIDENT (adapt/) 1955 > 55 
  STORY OF JESUS, THE (adapt/) 1955 > 55 
  TEN COMMANDMENTS (adapt/) 1956 > 56 
  TIME MACHINE, THE (adapt/) 1956 > 56 
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