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Facts about Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

The Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award is awarded to the best Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival student-written play about the African-American experience.

Lorraine Hansberry

After the success of Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry was considered an important forerunner in African-American drama and literature.

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was the first American playwright to create a realistic portrayal of African-American urban family life.

Lorraine Hansberry

The play appeared in book form the following year under the title, To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words.