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Lorraine Hansberry: Award- Winning Playwright and Civil Rights Activist
Lorraine Hansberry Award Winning Playwright and Civil Rights Activist
Author: Susan Sinnott
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry became the first black woman playwright to be produced on Broadway. Her play, A Raisin in the Sun -- based loosely on the experiences of her own family in Chicago -- was an overnight sensation with both black and white audiences. In the wake of its phenomenal success, Hansberry became a spokesperson for black American...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780606193665
ISBN-10: 0606193669
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Demco Media
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