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Narrated by actress LaTanya Richardson Ja... Explore the inner life and works of the activist, playwright and author of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry.
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- PBS
Jun 16, 2017 · This video features rare footage of Lorraine Hansberry, the playwright and activist most known for her play "A Raisin in the Sun."...more. Lorraine Hansberry in "The Black Experience in...
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- Black Notes
Feb 24, 2018 · Discover the life of Lorraine Hansberry, who reported on civil rights for Paul Robeson's newspaper Freedom and later penned "A Raisin in the Sun".
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- Biography
This week, Basic Black discusses legendary playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote 'A Raisin in the Sun.' Panelists: Lisa Simmons, director of the Roxbury I...
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- GBH News
Black History: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an African-American playwright and writer. Hansberry was the first black female author to have a play performed ...
Oct 14, 2017 · Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart: Directed by Tracy Heather Strain. With Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorraine Hansberry. A documentary feature about Lorraine Hansberry, whose play Raisin in the Sun was the first by a black woman to be produced on Broadway.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Tracy Heather Strain
- 2017-10-14
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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. [1] She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway . Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun , highlights the lives of black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation .
