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Shirley Graham, 1946. Shirley Graham Du Bois (born Lola Shirley Graham Jr.; November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American-Ghanaian writer, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American causes, among others. She won the Messner and the Anisfield-Wolf prizes for her works.
19 de mar. de 2007 · Musicologist, playwright, novelist and political activist Lola Shirley Graham, born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1896, became the second wife to W.E.B. Du Bois in 1951. Lola Shirley Graham was taught at a young age to stand up to injustice. She wrote her first editorial to an Indianapolis paper protesting racial discrimination when ...
Shirley Graham Du Bois was an American award-winning author, playwright, composer, and activist for African American and other causes. In later life, she married the noted thinker, writer, and activist W.E.B. Du Bois.
November 11, 1896. Place of Death: Beijing, China. Date of Death: March 27, 1977. Place of Burial: Accra, Ghana. Cemetery Name: Du Bois Memorial Centre. Before Shirley Graham married W.E.B. Du Bois in 1951, she had earned a national reputation as a playwright, composer, conductor, director, and author.
4 de mar. de 2018 · Shirley Graham Du Bois is known for her civil rights work and for her writings especially about African American and African historical figures. Her second husband was W.E.B. Du Bois. She became something of a pariah in American civil rights circles with her later association with communism, leading to much neglect of her role in ...
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Shirley Graham Du Bois died of breast cancer on March 27, 1977, aged 80, in Beijing, China. She died as Tanzanian. She had moved from Ghana to Tanzania after Ghanaian president, Kwame Nkrumah, was overthrown on 24 February 1966, and became close to Tanzanian president, Julius Nyerere, and acquired Tanzanian citizenship.
8 de jun. de 2018 · Shirley Graham DuBois 1907 – 1977. Author, activist, playwright, composer. Influenced by African Music. Wrote Biographies of African American Heroes. Became Ghanaian Citizen. Selected writings. Sources. In the 1930s and 1940s, Shirley Graham DuBois (then Shirley Graham) earned a national reputation as a playwright, composer, and ...
