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Shirley Graham Du Bois
American-Ghanaian writer and activist (1896–1977)
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.
Biography
She was born Lola Shirley Graham Jr. in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1896, as the only daughter among five children.
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Her father was an African Methodist Episcopalminister and the family moved often due to her father's work in parsonages throughout the country.[1] In June 1915, Shirley graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington.[2]
She married her first husband, Shadrach T.
McCants, in 1921. Their son Robert was born in 1923, followed by David Graham Du Bois[3] in 1925. In 1926, Graham moved to Paris, France, to study music composition at the Sorbonne. It was there that she bega