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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lorraine_HansberryLorraine Hansberry - Wikipedia

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   Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. 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 .

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3. www.biography.com › authors-writers › lorraine-hansberryLorraine Hansberry: Biography, Playwright, Activist

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   Aug 16, 2023 · Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote 'A Raisin in the Sun' and was the first Black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award.

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   Jul 9, 2024 · Lorraine Hansberry (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 12, 1965, New York, New York) was an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.

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   • Lorraine Hansberry was an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on B...
   • Lorraine Hansberry attended the University of Wisconsin in 1948–50 and then briefly the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Roosevelt Univer...
   • Lorraine Hansberry wrote the plays A Raisin in the Sun (1959) and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (1964). Her promising career was cut short b...

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6. www.womenshistory.org › biographies › lorraine-hansberryLorraine Hansberry | National Women's History Museum

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Lorraine Hansberry, the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway. Discover how she challenged racial discrimination, wrote powerful plays, and inspired generations of artists and activists.

7. www.lhlt.org › worksWorks: The Lorraine Hansberry Collection - LHLT

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   Explore the collected works of Lorraine Hansberry, the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama. Find her plays, books, essays, speeches, and more, and learn how to license them.

8. www.nytimes.com › 2021/04/14 › booksThe Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

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   Apr 14, 2021 · The playwright Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. David Attie/Getty Images. By Parul Sehgal. April 14, 2021. The curtain rises on a dim, drab room. An alarm sounds, and a woman wakes. She tries to...

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   Who was Lorraine Hansberry?

   • Lorraine Hansberry was an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. Hansberry was interested in writing from an early age and while in high school was drawn especially to the theatre.

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   What audio works does Lorraine Hansberry make?

   • Audio works include the Lorraine Hansberry Audio Collection (A Raisin in the Sun, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, and Lorraine Hansberry Speaks Out: Art and the Black Revolution) and the audio recordings, A Raisin in the Sun (LA Theatre Works) and Raisin (CBS Records).

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   Who is Lorraine Vivian Hansberry 3rd?

   • The granddaughter of a freed enslaved person, and the youngest by seven years of four children, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry 3rd was born on May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry’s father was a successful real estate broker, and her mother was a schoolteacher. Her parents contributed large sums of money to the NAACP and the Urban League.

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   What materials did Lorraine Hansberry collect?

   • Lorraine Hansberry’s collected works include published plays, books, and acting editions of her plays; articles and essays; and audio and video materials, including cast recordings, film and television productions, speeches, and radio and television interviews.

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › A_Raisin_in_the_SunA Raisin in the Sun - Wikipedia

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    A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes.