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In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry made history as the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway—A Raisin in the Sun. As a playwright, feminist, and racial justice activist, Hansberry never shied away from tough topics during her short and extraordinary life.
Apr 16, 2024 · Lorraine Hansberry Biography. Lorraine Hansberry was born at Provident Hospital on the South Side of Chicago on May 19, 1930. She was the youngest of Nannie Perry Hansberry and Carl Augustus Hansberry’s four children. Her father founded Lake Street Bank, one of the first banks for blacks in Chicago, and ran a successful real estate business.
Jan 17, 2022 · The Many Visions of Lorraine Hansberry. She’s been canonized as a hero of both mainstream literature and radical politics. Who was she really? By Blair McClendon. January 17, 2022. With “A...
Jul 8, 2019 · Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930–January 12, 1965) was a playwright, essayist, and civil rights activist. She is best known for writing "A Raisin in the Sun," the first play by a Black woman produced on Broadway. Her civil rights work and writing career were cut short by her death from pancreatic cancer at age 34.
Apr 14, 2021 · April 14, 2021. The curtain rises on a dim, drab room. An alarm sounds, and a woman wakes. She tries to rouse her sleeping child and husband, calling out: “Get up!” It is the opening scene — and...
Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965) was a playwright, writer, and activist. Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1930. She was the daughter of a real estate entrepreneur, Carl Hansberry, and schoolteacher, Nannie Hansberry, as well as the niece of Pan-Africanist scholar and college professor Leo Hansberry. Her own family’s landmark court ...
Sep 22, 2018 · The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry. By Imani Perry. Purchase. It begins with her childhood as part of the politically active black elite on Chicago's South Side. Perry examines...
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