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Lorraine Hansberry: Playwright, Dramatist, Activist

Posted By eBrandMe 683 days ago on Personal

https://www.beyouteous.com - Lorraine Hansberry was born the youngest of four to Carl Hansberry and Nannie Hansberry in Chicago, IL on May 19, 1930. She became the first African American, the youngest playwright, the fifth woman to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for the best play of the season on April 7, 1959 for her a play A Raisin in the Sun, which addressed equal rights in work/housing, and freedom.More

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