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Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry was the first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway -- 1959's A Raisin in the Sun. Hansberry was from Chicago, and her family's story was the basis…Hansberry, Lorraine
(Encyclopedia) Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930–65, American playwright, b. Chicago, studied Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, the New School, New York City. She grew up in a middle-class family on Chicago's…Poitier, Sir Sidney
(Encyclopedia) Poitier, Sir Sidney, 1927–2022, Bahamian-American actor, b. Miami, raised in the Bahamas, returned to the United States at 14. Poitier…Lloyd Richards 2006 Deaths
Lloyd RichardsAge: 87 pioneering force in theater and Broadway's first African American director who staged the premiere production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun in 1959. He…Lorraine
(Encyclopedia) LorraineLorrainelôrĕnˈ, Ger. Lothringen, former province and former administrative region, NE France, bordering in the N on Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany, in the E on Alsace, in the…Lorraine Rothman Biography
women's rights advocateDied: Sept. 25, 2007 (Fullerton, California) Best Known as: women's rights advocate and inventor Controversial women's advocate and…Brewer's: Claude Lorraine
(i.e. of Lorraine). This incorrect form is generally used in English for the name of Claude le Lorrain, or Claude Gelée, the French landscape painter, born at the Château-de-Chamage, in…Lotharingia
(Encyclopedia) LotharingiaLotharingialŏthərĭnˈjə [key], name given to the northern portion of the lands assigned (843) to Emperor of the West Lothair I in the first division of the Carolingian empire…Black Literary Figures
Notable African-American Literary Figures Alice Walker Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…Nancy
(Encyclopedia) NancyNancynäNsēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 102,410), capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., NE France, on the Meurthe River and the Marne-Rhine Canal. It is the administrative, economic,…Trending
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