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Lorraine's Birth
Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 in Chicago.IL.
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Lorraine's family
Father: Carl Augustus Hansberry
Mother: Nannie Louise Hansberry
Sisters: Mamie Louise Hansberry
Brothers: Carl Augustus Hansberry, Jr., Perry Holloway Hansberry
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Lorraine's education
Lorraine Hansberry went to the University of Wisconsin Madison in the year 1948. There is no specific date for this as I did my research only the specific year.
https://www.biography.com/writer/lorraine-hansberry
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-Art Institute of Chicago
-Roosevelt University
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Who/What influenced Hansberry to write?
"Lorraine Hansberry drew inspiration from personal experience when she sat down to write a play about a working class family on the South Side of Chicago. See how she worked to find the words to describe their hopes and struggles, and how she pressed on to complete “A Raisin in the Sun.
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Lorraine and Robert Nemiroff Marry
Lorraine got married to Robert Nemiroff on June 20, 1953
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Lorraine's health issues
Lorraine was a heavy smoker her entire life, she later was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1963. As the saying goes, the show must go on, and Hansberry worked on the play even as her illness progressed. It opened on Broadway on October 15, 1964.
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Lorraine's Death
Lorraine Hansberry passed away on January 12, 1965
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Fun Facts about Hansberry
Hansberry was the first Black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics' Circle award. Throughout her life she was heavily involved in civil rights. She died at 34 of pancreatic cancer.
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references
https://www.chipublib.org/lorraine-hansberry-biography/
https://www.chipublib.org/lorraine-hansberry-biography/
https://www.biography.com/writer/lorraine-hansberry
https://www.google.com/search?q=who+influenced+lorraine+hansberry+to+write+and+why&source=lmns&bih=604&biw=739&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi158jYivTuAhXUGDQIHes3COcQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA&safe=active&ssui=on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry
