BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Born into a poor neighbourhood in Chicago around Born into a poor neighbourhood in Chicago around At the age of eight her family moved into a white neighbourhood. At the age of eight her family moved into a white neighbourhood. Her family faced discrimination and were welcomed by a mob upon moving in. Her family faced discrimination and were welcomed by a mob upon moving in. Lorraine was sent to public school even though her parents could afford to send her to a private school. Lorraine was sent to public school even though her parents could afford to send her to a private school.

Her parents sent her to this school to show their views against the segregation laws. Her parents sent her to this school to show their views against the segregation laws. Upon graduating Lorraine study arts at the University of Wisconsin. Upon graduating Lorraine study arts at the University of Wisconsin. In 1950 she began her writing career in New York. In 1950 she began her writing career in New York. Began writing for a newspaper called Freedom. Began writing for a newspaper called Freedom. From 1953 to 1959 she wrote her first and best play “A Raisin In The Sun.” From 1953 to 1959 she wrote her first and best play “A Raisin In The Sun.”

A Raisin In The Sun became an enormous success and held 530 performances. A Raisin In The Sun became an enormous success and held 530 performances. This play made Lorraine the first black playwright to win the New York Critics’ Circle Award. This play made Lorraine the first black playwright to win the New York Critics’ Circle Award. In 1963 Lorraine sadly was diagnosed with cancer and eventually died in In 1963 Lorraine sadly was diagnosed with cancer and eventually died in 1965.

A Raisin In The Sun – This play was her biggest success and was most closely related to Hansberrys’ beliefs and life experiences. A Raisin In The Sun – This play was her biggest success and was most closely related to Hansberrys’ beliefs and life experiences. Some aspects of it were based on her fathers antisegregation case. Some aspects of it were based on her fathers antisegregation case.

“All art is ultimately social: that which agitates and that which prepares the mind for slumber.” “All art is ultimately social: that which agitates and that which prepares the mind for slumber.” “We want to see a film about people who live and work like everybody else, but who currently must battle fierce oppression to do so.” “We want to see a film about people who live and work like everybody else, but who currently must battle fierce oppression to do so.”

“The unmistakable roots of the universal solidarity of the colored peoples of the world are no longer ‘predictable’ as they were in my father’s time – they are here. And I for one, as a black woman in the United States in the mid- Twentieth Century, feel that I am more typical of the present temperament of my people than not, when I say that I cannot allow the devious purposes of white supremacy to lead me to any conclusion other than what may be to most robust and important one of our time: that the ultimate destiny and aspirations of the African peoples and twenty million American Negroes are inextricably and magnificently bound up together forever.” “The unmistakable roots of the universal solidarity of the colored peoples of the world are no longer ‘predictable’ as they were in my father’s time – they are here. And I for one, as a black woman in the United States in the mid- Twentieth Century, feel that I am more typical of the present temperament of my people than not, when I say that I cannot allow the devious purposes of white supremacy to lead me to any conclusion other than what may be to most robust and important one of our time: that the ultimate destiny and aspirations of the African peoples and twenty million American Negroes are inextricably and magnificently bound up together forever.”