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[joannmathews]

Women and Adversity: Lorraine Hansberry, Lesbian Playwright, Civil Rights Activist

Lorraine Hansberry speaking to an audience     Women and Adversity: Lorraine Hansberry, Lesbian             Playwright     Civil Rights Activist  My second post for Pride Month is another Chicagoan, playwright and civil rights activist Lorraine Hansberry. Her most popular play is 1959’s A Raisin in the Sun,  about racial discrimination against African Americans in Chicago. She garnered several…

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[cartermagazine]

Today We Honor Lorraine Hansberry Playwright, writer and activist Lorraine Hansberry was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’ The title of the play was taken from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" Hansberry also was the first African American playwright, the fifth woman, and the youngest playwright to win a New York Critics’ Circle award for her play. Throughout her life she was heavily involved in civil rights. Many prominent African American social and political leaders visited the Hansberry household during Lorraine’s childhood including sociology professor W.E.B. DuBois, poet Langston Hughes, actor and political activist Paul Robeson, musician Duke Ellington and Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens. “To Be Young, Gifted and Black.” CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #cartermagazine #historyandhiphop365 #carter #staywoke #lorrainehansberry #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #history #staywoke #araisininthesun https://www.instagram.com/p/CnO_5XbruBL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#BlackHistoryMonth #blackhistorymonth2022 Lorraine Hansberry (1930 – 1965) “I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and — I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generations and generations and generations.” “Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When he’s done good and made things easy for everybody? That ain’t the time at all. It’s when he’s at his lowest……and he can’t believe in himself because the world’s whipped him so!” -A Raisin in the Sun “Write if you will: but write about the world as it is and as you think it ought to be and must be—if there is to be a world. Write about all the things that men have written about since the beginning of writing and talking—but write to a point. Work hard at it, care about it. Write about our people: tell their story. You have something glorious to draw on begging for attention. Don’t pass it up. Use it. Good luck to you. The Nation needs your gifts." -Lorraine Hansberry speech, “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,” given to Readers Digest/United Negro College Fund creative writing contest winners, NYC, May 1, 1964.” ____ Lorraine Hansberry was a celebrated black playwright who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in New York City at the age of thirty-four from pancreatic cancer. Her most famous work, A Raisin in the Sun, was partially inspired by her family’s legal battle against racially segregated housing laws in the Washington Park Subdivision of the South Side of Chicago during her childhood. #lorrainehansberry #raisininthesun https://www.instagram.com/p/CZmldrtFzpX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Born on this Day in 1930: Award-Winning #raisininthesun Playwright #lorrainehansberry ty for your words, fortitude and inspiration! #shero #blackwomenwriters #blackexcellence #broadway (📷: David Attie) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAY_AAYJaCz/?igshid=1wodwfvptimid

[thefreeblackwomanslibrary]

Running The Free Black Women’s Library has definitely informed my collage practice. I am also exploring different types of glue and paste and the best ways to use them. @jaz_arelis gifted me this gorgeous handmade paper, it felt precious to use. This baby is called - For The Love of Lorraine ⭐️💗

[gemyniidatgodess]

Borrowed from the homie and fellow Gemini @marci.is.bored: 7 days from today I'll be 25 and we will be celebrating in the most artfully ratchet way possible. young, gifted, & broke is a modern art gallery and party experience that aims to uplift the voices of poc artists and local social justice work. proceeds from the event go to @worthywomennc...come celebrate life with me. link in bio. #durham #92tillinfinity #younggiftedandbroke #lorrainehansberry #jamesbaldwin #piecesofagem

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[cartermagazine]

Today In History Lorraine Hansberry’s drama, A Raisin in the Sun, opened at the Barrymore Theater in New York on this date March 11, 1959. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances with an insurance payout following the death of the father, and deals with matters of housing discrimination, racism, and assimilation. This was the first play written by a Black woman to be performed on Broadway. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #womenshistorymonth #lorrainehansberry #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CppUfrsu3rU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=