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Lorraine Hansberry (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
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With the successful Broadway opening in 1959 of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry became a major voice in behalf of racial, sexual, economic, and class justice. During Hansberry’s childhood, her father, a well-to-do real estate broker, and her mother, a schoolteacher, were involved in politics and were active supporters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its causes. Hansberry grew up in a Chicago household where racial issues, oppression, African American identity, and the struggle against discrimination...
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Raisin in the Sun, A (Magill Book Reviews) -
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Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, The (Drama) -
Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, The (Women’s Literature) -
Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, The (Character Profiles) -
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (Juvenile Literature) -
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (Identities and Issues) -
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