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Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 in South Side, Chicago. Her first play, A Raisin in the Sun, opened in March 1959 and made history as the first production written by a female Black author to be staged on Broadway. Hansberry was the youngest and the first Black recipient of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. She committed her life to the Black struggle for equality and human rights until her early death in 1965 at the age of 34.



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A Raisin in the Sun was a revelation to me. It's still fresh. It is still relevant. Lorraine Hansberry was a visionary. * Spike Lee *

A Raisin in the Sun

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    A Paperback / softback by Lorraine Hansberry

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 23 September 2021
      ISBN-13 9781350234314
      978-1350234314
      ISBN-10 1350234311
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      Fiction Poetry

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 in South Side, Chicago. Her first play, A Raisin in the Sun, opened in March 1959 and made history as the first production written by a female Black author to be staged on Broadway. Hansberry was the youngest and the first Black recipient of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. She committed her life to the Black struggle for equality and human rights until her early death in 1965 at the age of 34.



      Trade Review
      A Raisin in the Sun was a revelation to me. It's still fresh. It is still relevant. Lorraine Hansberry was a visionary. * Spike Lee *

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