Lorraine Hansberry

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Lorraine Hansberry was a pioneering African American playwright and civil rights activist best known for her groundbreaking Broadway drama that explored Black family life and racial segregation in mid-20th-century America.

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instanceOf African American writer
civil rights activist
dramatist
human
playwright
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-05-19
dateOfDeath 1965-01-12
educatedAt The New School for Social Research
University of Wisconsin–Madison
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Hansberry
linked to: Lorraine Hansberry
fullName Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
linked to: Lorraine Hansberry
gender female
givenName Lorraine
hasThemeInWork African American identity
Black family life
housing discrimination
racial segregation
influenced Alice Walker
August Wilson
Ntozake Shange
inspiredBy Harlem Renaissance
W. E. B. Du Bois
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriageEnd 1964
marriageStart 1953
movement African-American civil rights movement
Pan-Africanism
civil rights movement
feminism
notableAchievement first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway
notableWork A Raisin in the Sun
Les Blancs
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
occupation activist
essayist
playwright
writer
parent Carl Augustus Hansberry
Nannie Louise Perry Hansberry
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
sibling Carl Hansberry Jr.
spouse Robert Nemiroff
subjectOf play "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
workedFor Freedom (newspaper)

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A Raisin in the Sun author Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun writer Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Motel namedAfter Lorraine Hansberry (disputed, sometimes said to be named after a song "Sweet Lorraine")
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Lena Younger createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
Ruth Younger createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
Beneatha Younger createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
Travis Younger createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
Karl Lindner createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry fullName Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
linked to: Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry familyName Hansberry
linked to: Lorraine Hansberry
Hansberry v. Lee relatedPerson Lorraine Hansberry
Walter Lee Younger createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character Walter Lee Younger
Travis Younger creator Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character Travis Younger
Joseph Asagai createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character Joseph Asagai
George Murchison createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character George Murchison
Karl Lindner appearsInWorkBy Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character Karl Lindner
Karl Lindner createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character Karl Lindner
A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun (1989 television film) basedOnWorkBy Lorraine Hansberry
Lena Younger createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
subject linked to: character Lena Younger
George Murchison createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
To Be Young, Gifted and Black inspiredBy Lorraine Hansberry
To Be Young, Gifted and Black dedicatedTo Lorraine Hansberry