Hansberry moved to city of New York and afterward worked at the pan-Africanist newspaper Freedom, where she dealt with intellectuals, such as Paul Robeson and W.E.B. The title of the play was taken from the poem 'Harlem' by Langston Hughes: 'What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?' Family of the author struggled against segregation, challenging a restrictive covenant and eventually provoking the Supreme Court case Hansberry v.

Her best known work highlights the lives of Blacks under racial segregation in Chicago. She, the first such Black woman, wrote a play, performed on Broadway. This writer inspired 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black,' song of Nina Simone. The title of the play was taken from the poem 'Harlem' by Langston Hughes: 'What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?' Hansberry moved to city of New York and afterward worked at the pan-Africanist newspaper Freedom, where she dea People know American playwright Lorraine Vivian Hansberry for her play A Raisin in the Sun (1959).

People know American playwright Lorraine Vivian Hansberry for her play A Raisin in the Sun (1959).

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