Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer. She was the first Black American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Hansberry's best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of Black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Chicago
- Educated at
- The New SchoolUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonEnglewood Technical Prep Academy
- Awards
- 🏆 Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame
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Trending topics shown first"There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing. Have you cried for that boy today? I don't mean for yourself and for the family 'cause we lost the mon…"
"I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough a…"
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1930
Born
Birth1965
Died
Death
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