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Ahhh, "to be young, gifted, and Black"! Hansberry was a dynamic playwright and the first Black woman author to have her play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, has been considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
Collections & Papers:
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. The official repository for the Lorraine Hansberry Papers.
- Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust https://www.lhlt.org/
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Birth
May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois
Death
January 12, 1965 (age 34), New York City, New York
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Carl Hansberry (father);
William Leo Hansberry (paternal uncle)
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Sojourners for Truth and Justice
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A Raisin in the Sun
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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