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Lorraine Hansberry

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What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

- Langston Hughes, "Dream Deferred"

From these immortal words, Lorraine Hansberry found the inspiration for one of the most heralded dramas of the 20th century. Many know Lorraine Hansberry as the young, brilliant playwright of A Raisin in the Sun...


But she was far more than a writer... She was an icon of the Civil Rights Movement.

This is Lorraine Hansberry - her life, her thoughts, her actions.

Biography of an Intellectual | Her Writing | Hansberry as a Social Activist | Hansberry's Life: A Timeline



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