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  1. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Lorraine Hansberry photos & royalty-free pictures, taken by professional Getty Images photographers. Available in multiple sizes and formats to fit your needs.

  2. A Raisin in the Sun. Spouse. Robert B. Nemiroff. . . (m. 1953; div. 1962) . 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 ...

  3. May 22, 2019 · When Lorraine Vivian Hansberry died on January 12, 1965, her play The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window was at the end of a three-month run at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre. It was the second play written by a black woman to appear on Broadway.

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  5. Jan 12, 2018 · On this day in 1965, Lorraine Hansberry died of cancer at the age of just 34. Her funeral in Harlem was attended by over 600 mourners, including Sammy...

  6. May 19, 2016 · Memorial. Photos 3. Flowers 403. Playwright. Born the youngest of four children in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of school teacher Nannie Perry and real estate broker Carl Hansberry. She attended the University of Wisconsin for two years before dropping out to move to New York in order to pursue a writing career.

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  8. Mar 4, 2019 · The first in-depth documentary on the playwright, journalist and activist Lorraine Hansberry is presented by American Masters. See trailer and photos of the trailblazer who died at age 34.

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