Lorraine Hansberry

Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s ability to capture human injustice and pain in her work catapulted her to instant stardom. While her life was short, her play A Raisin in the Sun still lives on as a wonderful story about dreams deferred, family unity, and the agony of poverty and racism that black families commonly faced during the 1950s.

Lorraine Hansberry Quotes

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