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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry “Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?”

Playwright Information An American playwright and artist (painter) Born on May 19, 1930 (Chicago, Illinois) Died on January 12, 1965 Was the youngest of three children Her parents and family were very affluent; (activist family) Father was a prominent real-estate broker Uncle was a prestigious professor of African History at Howard University

Education Attended the University of Wisconsin Found college to be uninspiring Dropped out in 1950 and moved to New York Pursued her writing career at The New School for Social Research in New York City A very progressive and socially minded school

Social Awareness and Activism Hansberry’s parents were intellectuals and activists Active and very involved in civil rights activities Hansberry joined the Young Progressives of America and the Labor Youth League while at the University of Wisconsin

Activism (continued) Worked as an associate editor of Paul Robeson’s Freedom, a radical magazine Met her husband, Robert B. Nemiroff, on a picket line protesting discrimination at New York University Married in 1953 and began to devote herself entirely to writing “The melody was one that I had known for a very long time”

Influences W.E.B. Dubois Langston Hughes African studies Famous Harlem Renaissance poet The title of the play comes from a line in a Langston Hughes poem Deeply inspired her

Discrimination When Lorraine was 8 years old her parents bought a house in an “all white” neighborhood Her family was met by a racist mob when they attempted to move in to their new home Mr. Hansberry sued, and won an anti- segregation case before the Illinois Supreme Court (led to a civil rights case)

Achievements and Recognition Received immediate acclaim and recognition for A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first play written by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway The play won the New York Drama Critics’ Award as the best play of the year; at the age of 29 she was the youngest woman to receive this award

Death Lorraine Hansberry died on January 12, 1965 at the age of 34 Died from pancreatic cancer Funeral was held in Harlem on January 15, 1965 “Her creative ability and her profound grasp of the deep social issues confronting the world today will remain an inspiration to generations yet unborn.” -Dr. Martin Luther King