Lorraine Hansberry: Award-Winning Playwright and Civil Rights Activist

by Susan Sinnott and Susan Sinnott

Lorraine Hansberry tells the fascinating story of the brave and talented woman who, almost singlehandedly, overcame the racial obstacles that made for a segregated American theatre in the years following World War II. Hansberry was just twentynine years old when her play A Raisin in the Sun opened in 1959an era wher her very existence as a black, female writer wwas considered unusual. The play was an overnight sensation, earning its author the double...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573240931
• ISBN13: 9781573240932
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12