Jan 1, 2010

Salem on History | Lorraine Hansberry

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Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Race, Ethnicity, Racism
Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History, African American History

Article abstract: Contributions: A writer and an activist, Lorraine Hansberry was the first African American woman to win the New York Drama Critics’ Circle award.

Early Life

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, into a middle-class family on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. The youngest of four siblings, she was seven years younger than Mamie, her older sister. The oldest were two boys, Carl, Jr., and Perry.

Lorraine’s father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, the son of two teachers, was a former U.S. deputy marshal who worked as a...

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Salem on History | Lorraine Hansberry

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Early Life

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