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Lorraine Hansberry

PLAYWRIGHT, JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST May 19, 1930 - Jan 12, 1965

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Wrote "A Raisin in the Sun"

AMERICAN MASTERS FILM

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (Jan 2018)Directed by Tracy Heather Strain

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Watch | Archival Interview of Lorraine Hansberry Fresh Off Her Success From “Raisin in the Sun”

Lorraine Hansberry Quotes

Lorraine Hansberry Biographical Timeline

Lorraine Hansberry Biography

Eight Haunting Quotes from Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”

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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart -- Lorraine Hansberry's Inspiration for "A Raisin in the Sun"

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart -- Lorraine Hansberry speaks out against injustice

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart -- Lorraine Hansberry on being young, gifted and black

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart -- The Groundbreaking Broadway Casting of "A Raisin in the Sun"

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart -- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart - Trailer

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