lorraine hansberry - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Great American Writers: Twentieth Century - Vol. 5

Book by R. Baird Shuman; Marshall Cavendish, 2002

Subjects:

American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Gardner, John--Criticism and interpretation, Gibson, William--Criticism and interpretation, Giovanni, Nikki--Criticism and interpretation, Hansberry, Lorraine--1930-1965--Criticism and interpretation, Hemingway, Ernest--1899-1961--Criticism and interpretation, Hersey, John--1914-1993--Criticism and interpretation, Hinton, S. E--Criticism and interpretation

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...Press, 1968. Cheney, Anne. Lorraine Hansberry. Boston: Twayne Publishers...York: William Morrow, 1967. Hansberry, Lorraine. 7O f3e? Young, Gifted, and Blad?: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Oivn Words. Adapted...
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Understanding A Raisin in the Sun: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

Book by Lynn Domina; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

African American Families In Literature, African Americans In Literature, Domestic Drama, American--History And Criticism, Hansberry, Lorraine--1930-1965--Raisin In The Sun

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...Raisin in the Sun and Lorraine Hansberrys life. The...assume, for although Hansberry did grow up in Chicago...broadly applicable as Carl Hansberry had hoped, so the victory...Wilkerson demonstrates, Lorraine Hansberry continued this fight...
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Africa and the Afro-American Experience: Eight Essays

Book by Lorraine A. Williams; Howard University, 1977

Subjects:

Africa--History, African Americans--Biography, African Americans--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Contributors WILLIAM LEO HANSBERRY William Leo Hansberry was a pioneer in the study of African history and celebrated...both from Harvard University. For over fifty years Hansberry collected various kinds of data on African history and...
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Visions of Belonging: Family Stories, Popular Culture, and Postwar Democracy, 1940-1960

Book by Judith E. Smith; Columbia University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Arts, American--20th Century, Family--United States--History--20th Century, Popular Culture--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Social Life And Customs--1918-1945, United States--Social Life And Customs--1945-1970

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...her voice in The Problem with Lorraine Hansberry, Freedomways 19 (1979), pp. 247-248. 10 Lorraine Hansberry, To Be Young,, Gifted...Black, p. 50. i2. Cheney, Lorraine Hansberry, p. 9. 13. Hansberry...
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Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America

Book by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory; Praeger, 1990

Subjects:

African American Theater--History, African Americans In Literature, American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century

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...on "synthetic tomtoms," Lorraine Hansberry presented a more realistic...American theater history. Lorraine Hansberry, born in Chicago, Illinois...school teacher Nanny Perry Hansberry, Lorraine and her two brothers, Carl...

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African/American: Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs and the American Civil Rights Movement

Journal article by Joy L. Abell; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

African American dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Civil rights movements--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Hansberry, Lorraine--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Race awareness--Social aspects, Theater and society--Analysis, Theater--Political aspects

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...Margaret B. Wilkerson, note that Lorraine Hansberry was the first African-American...for the move (Cheney 8). Lorraine Hansberry understood that the Younger...P, 1991. Cheney, Anne. Lorraine Hansberry. Twaynes United States Author...
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History, Myth, and Revolt in Lorraine Hansberry's 'Les Blancs

Journal article by Philip Uko Effiong; African American Review, Vol. 32, 1998

Subjects:

A Raisin in the Sun (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African American dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African American women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Hansberry, Lorraine--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Les Blancs (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Blancs. by Philip Uko Effiong Lorraine Hansberry began drafting Les Blancs...New York: Grove, 1960. Hansberry, Lorraine. Les Blancs. Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays of Lorraine Hansberry. Ed. Robed Nemiroff. New...
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Sean Combs's 2004 Broadway Portrayal of Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's a Raisin in the Sun: a Historical Assessment

Journal article by Glenda Gill; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 17, 2005

Subjects:

Acting, Actors, Black history, Combs, Sean (P Diddy), Hansberry, Lorraine, Theater criticism

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...8 Kerr went on to praise Lorraine Hansberry for writing a play that captured...the definitive biography of Lorraine Hansberry, observed about the 1959 production...Circle Award in 1959, making Lorraine Hansberry the first Black playwright...
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"Somewhat like War": The Aesthetics of Segregation, Black Liberation, and A Raisin in the Sun

Journal article by Michelle Gordon; African American Review, Vol. 42, 2008

Subjects:

Chicago, Illinois--History, Chicago, Illinois--Social aspects, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Hansberry, Lorraine--Criticism and interpretation, Hansberry, Lorraine--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works

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...would not do. Sincerely, Lorraine Hansberry (To Be Young 117) In early...before the US Supreme Court. Lorraine Hansberry later recalled her "desperate...Taylor Goss Burroughs. "A Lorraine Hansberry Rap." Lorraine Hansberry...
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Against the "Starless Midnight of Racism and War": African American Intellectuals and the Antinuclear Agenda

Journal article by Jacqueline Foertsch; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 88, 2009

Subjects:

A Raisin in the Sun (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, African Americans--Criticism and interpretation, African Americans--Portrayals, Civil rights--Criticism and interpretation, Civil rights--Portrayals, Civil rights--United States, Hansberry, Lorraine--Criticism and interpretation, Racism--Criticism and interpretation, Racism--Portrayals

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...of North Texas NOTES (1) Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun: A Drama...Drama 51 (2008): 556. (3) Lorraine Hansberry, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, ed. Robert...

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A Raisin in the Sun: Forty-five and Counting

Magazine article by Freda Scott Giles; Black Masks, Vol. 16/17, September 2004

Subjects:

African Americans, Hansberry, Lorraine, Theater

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...revival of the play that made Lorraine Hansberry the youngest of any race to...published a special issue, "Lorraine Hansberry: Art of Thunder, Vision of...Wilkerson entitled her essay, "Lorraine Hansberry: the Complete Feminist...
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Out of Obscurity: Before A Raisin in the Sun, Socially Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting

Magazine article by N. Graham Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004

Subjects:

African American dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, African American playwrights--Works, African American theater--Criticism and interpretation, African American theater--History, Hansberry, Lorraine--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Revisiting. by N. Graham Nesmith Lorraine Hansberry has been extolled as the playwright...on the Great White Way. That Hansberry (1930-65) was the first African...of Raisin would have pleased Hansberry. The recent Broadway revival...
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The Scars of the Ghetto

Magazine article by Lorraine Hansberry; Monthly Review, Vol. 41, July 1989

Subjects:

African American dramatists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American playwrights--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African Americans, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation

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The Scars of the Ghetto. by Lorraine Hansberry In April 1964, the editors visited Lorraitie Hanslierry...returned to the hopital. On January 12, 1965, Lorraine Hansberry died of cancer. She was er years old, one of Americas...
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FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS: Lorraine A. Williams and the Howard University Department of History

Magazine article by Debra Newman Ham; Negro History Bulletin, July 1998

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College teachers--Conduct of life, Howard University--Officials and employees, Social sciences and history--Study and teaching, Williams, Lorraine Anderson--Conduct of life

Collections: History, Entire Library

...traditions. In the light of Lorraine Williams odyssey at...vision of William Leo Hansberry-the Africanist-who...named the William Leo Hansberry lecture hall. Williams...and contributions of Lorraine Williams in an interview...implemented those plans. Lorraine Anderson Williams brought...
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Lorraine A. Williams, August 6, 1923 - May 21, 1996

Magazine article by Cynthia Neverdon-Morton; Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 60, January 1997

Subjects:

African American authors--Appreciation, African American teachers--Appreciation, College administrators--Appreciation, Howard University--Officials and employees, The Journal of Negro History (Periodical)--Officials and employees, Williams, Lorraine A.--Biography

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Lorraine A. Williams, August 6, 1923 - May 21, 1996 by Cynthia Neverdon-Morton Dr. Lorraine A. Williams, beloved wife, educator...The Tribute to the Memory of William Leo Hansberry (Monograph); Proceedings of the Conference...

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`Blancs' an Intriguing, Disturbing Drama about Racism

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, January 9, 1998

Subjects:

Hansberry, Lorraine

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...play. But it may have become one if Lorraine Hansberry, who died in 1965 at age 34, had lived to finish it. Hansberry was a writer who dared to think that...its an asset, not a liability. Hansberry, best known for "A Raisin in the...
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Famous Women on 'Company' Manners

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, December 2, 1997

Subjects:

Alcott, Louisa May, Hansberry, Lorraine

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...singer Ethel Waters and playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Why? To get to know them...for an offer from Hollywood. Hansberry tries to write while her phone...lived in 1997, would Alcott and Hansberry be more open about their lesbianism...
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`Raisin' Is the Sum of Great Plot and Acting

Newspaper article by Raymond M. Lane; The Washington Times, October 18, 1998

Subjects:

Hansberry, Lorraine

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...majesty of that 40-year-old chestnut of a play by Lorraine Hansberry had drawn me in big time. "Raisin" is set in Chicago...1959, a first for a black drama. Written by Miss Hansberry when she was 29, it instantly became an acclaimed...
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CULTURE: Raisin a 46-Year-Old American Dream; the Belgrade Theatre Is Offering a Rare Chance to See a British Production of an American Classic That Made Theatre History 46 Years Ago, Writes Terry Grimley

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 12, 2005

Subjects:

Hansberry, Lorraine

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Grimley. Byline: Terry Grimley When Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun was produced...a raisin in the sun or ``explode. Hansberry was the daughter of an affluent Chicago...of it. Martin Luther King said that Hansberry would be an inspiration to unborn generations...
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Arts: Class Struggle; Ground-Breaking Drama Still Packs a Powerful Punch

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), April 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Bridge and Death of A Salesman. The plays author, Lorraine Hansberry, was the youngest and first black writer and actress...but still one of separation. While, aged 29, Lorraine Hansberry had been the first black woman (and the youngest...

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Hansberry, Lorraine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HANSBERRY, LORRAINE 1930 65, American playwright, b. Chicago. She grew up on Chicagos...The Sign in Sidney Brusteins Window (1964) was less successful. Hansberry died of cancer at 35. A collection of her writings, To Be Young...
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Poitier, Sidney

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...assurance. Many of his plays and films have directly addressed issues of race, including his Broadway triumph, Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun (1959, film 1961), and such films as the pioneering No Way Out (1950), his movie debut...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the AIDS crisis provided impetus for new plays that explored the lives of minorities and women. Beginning with Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun (1959), drama by and about African Americans emerged as a significant theatrical trend...

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