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15 de mai. de 2024 · Lorraine Hansberry (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 12, 1965, New York, New York) was an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
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- Lorraine Hansberry was an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on B...
- Lorraine Hansberry attended the University of Wisconsin in 1948–50 and then briefly the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Roosevelt Univer...
- Lorraine Hansberry wrote the plays A Raisin in the Sun (1959) and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (1964). Her promising career was cut short b...
7 de mai. de 2024 · Learn about the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry, the first African American woman to have a play on Broadway. Discover how her childhood, family and political views influenced her writing and legacy.
24 de abr. de 2024 · A Raisin in the Sun is a drama in three acts by Lorraine Hansberry, first published and produced in 1959. The play’s title is taken from ‘Harlem,’ a poem by Langston Hughes. The play is a penetrating psychological study of a working-class Black family on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s.
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7 de mai. de 2024 · Lorraine Vivian Hansberry is born in Chicago on May 19, the daughter of a prominent real estate broker and the niece of a Howard University professor of African history. 1930-36. The Hansberry family lives at 5330 S. Calumet Avenue on the South Side of Chicago. 1935. Hansberry begins school at Betsy Ross Elementary at 61st Street and ...
7 de mai. de 2024 · Hansberry was the youngest American, fifth woman and first black to win the award. A Raisin in the Sun marked the turning point for black artists in professional theater. It took about a year for producers Philip Rose and David Cogan to raise enough money from 150 investors to finance the play.
Há 3 dias · May Hansberry was the first Black woman whose play was produced on Broadway, and one of the many reasons why this is a must-read. Debuting in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun follows the Youngers, a multigenerational Black family doing their best to survive in the hyper-segregated south Chicago. With the passing of Mama’s husband, she receives an ...
25 de abr. de 2024 · Guide to resources from the Library and outside the Library to guide students in their study of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.
