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Lorraine Hansberry

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Born: May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Lorraine Hansberry was born May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Her family challenged legal segregation, giving rise to the Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee. This might have inspired Hansberry to accomplish a first: The opening of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway on March 11, 1959, which was adapted to screenplay form for two feature films. No black female author had done the former before. The ...

Filmography2 TITLES
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement1978
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart2017
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