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Há 5 dias · Not only was Lorraine Hansberry a pioneer for many groups (women, playwrights, writers, women of color, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community) she was a pioneer for reality. She told it as it was and that is amazingly told in this picture book, What I Must Tell the World : How: Lorraine Hansber
Há 22 horas · In other words, the intention of protest literature was—and remains—to show inequalities among races and socio-economic groups in America and to encourage a transformation in the society that engenders such inequalities. For African Americans, Some of the questions motivating African American protest poetry that inequality began with slavery.
Há 5 dias · April 1959: Lorraine Hansberry at home in New York. (Photo by Getty) In the twentieth century men everywhere like to breathe ; and the Negro citizen still cannot, you see, breathe .
Há 5 dias · Created in 1969 by Shirley Chisholm (D-NY, 1924-2005) and others, it joined together a new critical mass of African American representatives as it enabled them to speak with a common voice on issues of concern to their constituents. After the 1960s the civil rights movement confronted new issues and forged new alliances.
Há 4 dias · Hansberry made history as the first African-American woman playwright on Broadway. The original Broadway production, directed by Lloyd Richards, had a cast that included such rising stars as Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett.
Há 22 horas · Lorraine Hansberry, an American playwright, and writer, is one notable figure. She is best known for her play “A Raisin in the Sun,” which made significant contributions to American theater and the civil rights movement. Another distinguished person is Lorraine Kelly, a Scottish television presenter, and journalist.
Há 5 dias · August Wilson was a playwright who penned an acclaimed cycle of plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century, about Black American life. He won Pulitzer Prizes for two of them: Fences and The Piano Lesson. Learn more about Wilson’s life and works in this article.
