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Lawrence Otis Graham (1961–2021), author who explored race in America

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Lawrence Otis Graham was a lawyer and author whose examinations of race and privilege in America became best-sellers.Graham’s breakthrough as a writer came in 1992, when he published the article “Invisible Man” in New York magazine.

It recounted Graham’s experience when, already a successful lawyer who had written several books, he took a job as a busboy at Connecticut’s exclusive Greenwich Country Club.

As he worked there, he observed racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism, documenting them for publication. The success of the article elevated Graham’s writing career, and his subsequent books were best-sellers.

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