Lawrence Otis Graham, author who examined prejudice and privilege in Black America, dies at 59
Emily Langer, The Washington Post
March 3, 2021
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Lawrence Otis Graham in 2015.Michael N. Meyer/Cuddy & Feder LLP
Lawrence Otis Graham possessed all the qualifications for full-fledged membership in the American elite. He was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. At 30, he was a published author and earned $105,000 a year as a corporate lawyer with an office on the 30th floor of a Manhattan office tower. He dressed in a manner befitting his exclusive environs and displayed all the social graces expected from a man of his station.