Lorraine Hansberry

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African American writer civil rights activist dramatist human playwright

Lorraine Hansberry was a pioneering African American playwright and civil rights activist best known for her groundbreaking Broadway drama that explored Black family life and racial segregation in mid-20th-century America.

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Lorraine Hansberry canonical 25
Hansberry 1
Lorraine Hansberry (disputed, sometimes said to be named after a song "Sweet Lorraine") 1

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instanceOf African American writer ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1965-01-12 ⓘ
educatedAt New School for Social Research ⓘ
surface form: The New School for Social Research

University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Lorraine Hansberry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hansberry
fullName Lorraine Hansberry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
gender female ⓘ
givenName Lorraine ⓘ
hasThemeInWork African American identity ⓘ
Black family life ⓘ
housing discrimination ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
influenced Alice Walker ⓘ
August Wilson ⓘ
Ntozake Shange ⓘ
inspiredBy Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
marriageEnd 1964 ⓘ
marriageStart 1953 ⓘ
movement African-American civil rights movement ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement

feminism ⓘ
notableAchievement first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway ⓘ
notableWork A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Les Blancs ⓘ
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
parent Carl Augustus Hansberry ⓘ
Nannie Louise Perry Hansberry ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sibling Carl Hansberry Jr. ⓘ
spouse Robert Nemiroff ⓘ
subjectOf play "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" ⓘ
workedFor Freedom (newspaper) ⓘ

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A Raisin in the Sun → author → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun → writer → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (2014 Broadway revival) → authorOfSourceWork → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Lorraine Motel → namedAfter → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Hansberry (disputed, sometimes said to be named after a song "Sweet Lorraine")
A Raisin in the Sun (2008 television film) → basedOnWorkBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (2008 television film) → screenwriter → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Lena Younger → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Ruth Younger → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Beneatha Younger → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Travis Younger → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Karl Lindner → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Lorraine Hansberry → fullName → Lorraine Hansberry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry → familyName → Lorraine Hansberry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hansberry
Hansberry v. Lee → relatedPerson → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
character Walter Lee Younger → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Walter Lee Younger
character Travis Younger → creator → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Travis Younger
character Joseph Asagai → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph Asagai
character George Murchison → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: George Murchison
character Karl Lindner → appearsInWorkBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Karl Lindner
character Karl Lindner → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Karl Lindner
A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) → basedOnWorkBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) → screenwriter → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) → basedOnWorkBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (1989 television film)
character Lena Younger → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Lena Younger
George Murchison → createdBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
To Be Young, Gifted and Black → inspiredBy → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
To Be Young, Gifted and Black → dedicatedTo → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
African-American theatre → hasNotablePlaywright → Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ