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    Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 in Chicago and grew up in a family that fought against housing discrimination, taking their case to the Supreme Court. She went on to become a pioneering playwright, authoring A Raisin in the Sun which was the first Broadway play written by a black woman. Hansberry was also an activist for civil rights before passing away from cancer at the young age of 34.

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    Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 in Chicago and grew up in a family that fought against housing discrimination, taking their case to the Supreme Court. She went on to become a pioneering playwright, authoring A Raisin in the Sun which was the first Broadway play written by a black woman. Hansberry was also an activist for civil rights before passing away from cancer at the young age of 34.

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    Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 in Chicago and grew up in a family that fought against housing discrimination, taking their case to the Supreme Court. She went on to become a pioneering playwright, authoring A Raisin in the Sun which was the first Broadway play written by a black woman. Hansberry was also an activist for civil rights before passing away from cancer at the young age of 34.

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    Katherine Hernandez

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    Tech Prep 11
    12 May 2015
    Lorraine Hansberry Biography
    Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry's family
    moved to a white neighborhood and was violently attacked by neighbors. They refused to move
    until a court ordered them to do so, and the case made it to the Supreme Court as Hansberry v.
    Lee, ruling restrictive covenants illegal. She was a playwright, activist, and author. Her best
    known work, the play "A Raisin in the Sun. Hansberry wrote The Crystal Stair, a play about a
    struggling black family in Chicago, which was later renamed A Raisin in the Sun, a line from a
    Langston Hughes poem. She was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway.
    Hansberry was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics
    Circle award. Hansberry became active in the Civil Rights Movement. Hansberry was diagnosed
    with pancreatic cancer. She died on January 12, 1965.

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