- Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play...
- Portrait of Lorraine Hansberry in 1959 by Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38096345.
- Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a struggling Black family, which opened on Broadway to great success.
- In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry made history as the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway—A Raisin in the Sun.
- Raisin made Lorraine Hansberry a force to reckon with in the theater world. James Baldwin, with whom Hansberry had draw close, wrote
- Lorraine Hansberry was born on 19 May 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. ... Keep track of how much of Lorraine Hansberry’s work you have seen.
- 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 Broadway.
- Known For: Lorraine Hansberry was a Black playwright, essayist, and activist best known for writing "A Raisin in the Sun."
- Lorraine Hansberry was born at Provident Hospital on the South Side of Chicago on May 19, 1930. ... Wilkerson, Margaret B. “Lorraine Hansberry.”
- "Black" was the word handwritten on Lorraine Vivian Hansberry's birth certificate on May 19, 1930. ... Study Guides on Works by Lorraine Hansberry.
