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William
                  "Billy" Franklin Graham- (November 7,
                  1918-Present)
                  
                  
 --Famous
                  and influential American Evangelical Christian
                  minister and media personality, the Reverend Billy
                  Graham played a significant part of the growth of
                  evangelical Christianity in the United States and
                  in the world in the mid- and late-Twentieth
                  Century. His "Crusades," huge gatherings of
                  believing Christians, drew thousands of the
                  faithful to hear his message, as millions more
                  audience members participated through the medium of
                  the television. He is considered one of the best
                  known Protestant Fundamentalist preachers in
                  America, with a significant following, and the
                  unofficial title of Minister to America's
                  Presidents. He has served as a spiritual advisor to
                  every U.S. President since Dwight
                  Eisenhower.
                  
                  
He
                  became a minister in the Southern Baptist Church in
                  1939, entered Wheaton College in Illinois and began
                  preaching in Chicago in the early 1940s. While in
                  Chicago, he began a radio program in order to reach
                  more people with his message. Throughout his
                  career, he deftly used the media to enlarge the
                  range of his voice and his message. In 1949, he
                  gained national attention with a preaching campaign
                  he called a "crusade," in Los Angeles. The
                  nationwide focus of his newfound publicity was
                  aided by the desire of newspaper magnate William
                  Randolph Hearst, who increased his newspaper's
                  coverage of Graham because of the strong
                  anti-Communist fervor the young preacher showed in
                  his sermons and his messages.
                  
                  
After
                  a three-month long crusade in New York City in
                  1957, Billy Graham became one of the leaders of the
                  national Protestant Fundamentalist movement. His
                  ability to speak to the common man, hearkening back
                  to his roots in the hills of North Carolina,
                  enabled him to connect with millions of ordinary
                  Americans in his long and influential
                  career.
                  
                  
Ruth
                  Graham, Billy Graham's closest friend and confidant
                  and his wife of 64 years, died on June 14,
                  2007.
                  
                  
A
                  new book was released in the summer of 2007,
                  The
                  Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the
                  White House,
                  detailing Reverend Graham's relationships with
                  American presidents and politicians from the 1940s
                  through the administration of George W.
                  Bush.
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
 He
                  is the author of over 24 best-selling books.
                  (See below)
                  
                  
Education:
                  
                  
--Florida
                     Bible Institute (Trinity College)-1940 with a
                     Bachelors in Theology.
                     
                     
--Wheaton
                     College, Wheaton, IL, --1943 with a Bachelor of
                     Arts degree in Anthropology.
                  
                  
Accomplishments:
                  
                  
--He
                     is one of the founders of the journal
                     Christianity Today.
                     
                     
--Founded
                     the Billy Graham Evangelical Association
                     in the 1950s. Billy Graham retired in 2000, and
                     turned the organization over to his son and
                     successor, the Reverend Franklin
                     Graham.
                  
                  
 
                  
                  

                  
                  

               
            
         
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                            Lee, R. "The History Guy: The Reverend
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William
                                    Franklin Graham ( d.
                                    1962)--Father
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Morrow
                                    Coffey Graham ( d.
                                    1981)
                                    --Mother
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Ruth
                                    McCue Bell (June 10, 1920 –
                                    June 14,
                                    2007)--Wife
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Children
                                    
                                    
Virginia
                                       Graham-
                                       (b. 1945) 
                                       
                                       
Anne
                                       Morrow Graham
                                       -
                                       (b. 1948) 
                                       
                                       
Ruth
                                       Bell Graham
                                       -
                                       (b. 1950) 
                                       
                                       
William
                                       Franklin Graham,
                                       III-
                                       (b. 1952) 
                                       
                                       
Nelson
                                       Edman Graham
                                       -
                                       (b. 1958) 
                                 
                              
                           
                            
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
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William
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BillyGraham.org--The
                                    latest news and schedules for
                                    Reverend Graham's ministry
                                    
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Hour
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                                    Online--Reverend
                                    Graham's weekly radio broadcast,
                                    with archives of past shows
                                    
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
From
                                    Pulpit to Politics, a
                                    World-Famous
                                    Evangelist--NPR
                                    radio interview with author
                                    Michael Duffy about his new book
                                    on Reverend Graham's relationship
                                    with many American
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