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Hansberry and her family move to an all-white Chicago suburb, where they are met with violence and hostility; the unrest leads to a civil rights lawsuit by Hansberry's parents.
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US Supreme Court rules in favor of the Hansberrys in their civil rights case
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Hansberry's father, Carl, dies in Mexico
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She begins studies at the University of Wisconsin.
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Hansberry studies briefly in Mexico.
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She drops out of Wisconsin, studies at Roosevelt University, and moves to New York City.
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She begins writing for Paul Robeson's Freedom Magazine.
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Hansberry marries Robert Nemiroff, a Jewish songwriter.
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Hansberry studies under W.E.B DuBois.
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Hansberry becomes a full-time writer.
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A Raisin in the Sun is completed
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A Raisin in the Sun hits Broadway
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The play is turned into a film featuring Sidney Poitier and wins a Cannes Film Festival award.
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Hansberry divorces Nemiroff.
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Lorraine Hansberry dies of cancer in New York.