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You know 'A Raisin in the Sun.' But what about the Lorraine Hansberry play that few understand?

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May 13, kelly. I rather knew the kind of weekend that was coming. Home About Us Index. Later that year, it is released by Columbia Pictures in the U. For her performance as Lena Younger, Phylicia Rashad won the first Tony for best performance by an actress in a drama ever awarded to an African American woman. In the fall, Lorraine joins The Sojourners for Truth, a delegation of Black women seeking an end to war and racial discrimination, in Washington, D.

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Reader Comments 9 Thank's for writing this. I have been meaning to read "A Raisin in the Sun" for years. Now I'm off to the library to check it out. August 11, Taylor. Also, I keep hearing people especially in the gay community say that Lorraine was a lesbian.

Other than one letter to a lesbian magazine, to which she signed the initials "L. I've never heard any of her contemporaries or friends or family comment in subsequent interviews that Lorraine was gay. So unless someone comes up with conclusive proof of Lorraine being a lesbian in the upcoming Lorraine Hansberry documentary, I'll have to continue to assume that everyone is making an unsubstantiated leap.

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August 11, kelly. Great post overall, but what exactly is the relevance of Nemiroff being Jewish?

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August 13, harry. What possible question could the fact that her ex-husband is Jewish raise? October 6, Will. And a creepy one. April 12, Ergh. I have researched the life of Lorraine Hansberry for oer twenty years. The above posts is probative, but hardly reveals all the details of Miss Hansberry's life. Readers should be aware of the large FBI files which exist, They cover the years from eighteen years old until her alleged death in Her communist connections alleged are thoroughly covered, but in the end leave more questions than answers, especially her relationship with Jack and Morris Childs Operation Solo.

Also, in her will she leaves money to Dorothy Secules, who she is said to have had a long time relationship with. During my research, I did talk with a relative of hers who stated she was bi-sexual. Her marriage to Robert Nemiroff was a way of silencing her family, who insisted she move back to Chicago or get married.

Finally, my book questions the cause of her death and the possibility she may not have really died in Anyone interested should examine a copy of her death certificate, where Robert Nemiroff lists his relationship as husband, when in fact they were divorced. Notice how all the witness signatures seem to look as if they were written by the same person and Lorraine's signature does not match her known signatures her legal first name had only one L. Just a few revelations about Miss Hansberry, but one's that need further study. August 16, M. Years ago I saw "Raisin" in high school, and still vividly remember parts of it.

The topics are so complex -- discrimination, women's liberation, liberal politics, to compromise or not, and several more. That Lorraine Hansberry presented these all in such a compelling story is truly amazing. Do see the play if you can. Sadly, there is no printed script available.

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March 4, Lavender Poet. She was definitely gay. Around the same time, the first issue of The Ladder , the first national publication for lesbians, is published by the Daughters of Bilitis. In the fall, nearly 1, black actors show up for auditions for A Raisin in the Sun.

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Writer James Baldwin attends a performance, later writing about witnessing theater history. The FBI sends an agent to assess the play for Communist influences.

In May, Lorraine appears on the broadcast public affairs program Look Up and Live , sits for an interview with Mike Wallace, and is interviewed by Studs Terkel for his radio show in Chicago. The series is cancelled before production begins due to lack of interest from funders. Lorraine completes the screenplay for A Raisin in the Sun. Later that year, it is released by Columbia Pictures in the U. She is subsequently hospitalized for 10 days, during which time doctors diagnose her with cancer.

She is told she has anemia and bleeding ulcers.

After Croton Lorraine - Kindle edition by M Brown. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note. Fifty years later Chicago's Goodman Theatre is giving Lorraine up in Hansberry's home in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and runs the Lorraine.

That same month, Lorraine has an unsuccessful operation in New York. Robert obtains a divorce from Lorraine Hansberry in Mexico. The event is sponsored by the Association of Artists for Freedom, of which Lorraine Hansberry is a member. In she left Madison and moved to New York City. In Harlem she began working on Freedom , a progressive newspaper founded by Paul Robeson. In she became associate editor of the newspaper, writing and editing a variety of news stories that expanded her understanding of domestic and world problems.

You know 'A Raisin in the Sun.' But what about the Lorraine Hansberry play that few understand?

The rich cultural and intellectual environment of Renaissance Harlem also stimulated Hansberry, and she began composing short stories, poetry, and plays. In Hansberry married Robert Nemiroff, a white Jewish literature student and songwriter, whom she had met on a picket line protesting discrimination at New York University. Thereafter, she worked as a waitress and cashier, writing in her spare time. The new title was from another Langston Hughes poem, which asked: A Raisin in the Sun opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 11, and was an instant success with both critics and audiences.

The mood is forty-nine parts anger and forty-nine parts control, with a very narrow escape hatch for the steam these abrasive contraries build up. Three generations stand poised, and crowded, on a detonating-cap. Sidney Poitier played the role of Walter Lee. The film version of , also starring Sidney Poitier, received a special award at the Cannes festival. Hansberry became a celebrity overnight. The play was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in , making Lorraine Hansberry the first black playwright, the youngest person, and only the fifth woman to win that award.

Her subject was to be slavery. The result was The Drinking Gourd , a television play that focused on the effects that slavery had on the families of the slave master and the poor whites as well as the slaves. A Raisin in the Sun , however, continued to enjoy widespread popularity. Early in April , Hansberry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Despite the progressive failure of her health during the next two years, she continued her writing projects and political activities. She also completed a photo-essay for a book on the civil rights struggle titled The Movement: Documentary of a Struggle for Equality In March she quietly divorced Robert Nemiroff, formalizing the separation that had occurred several years earlier.

She was just thirty-four years old.