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Carl Augustus Hansberry
Carl was a activist who made waves in the Chicago civil right movement fighting a restrictive covenant and founding one of Chicagos first black-owned banks. -
Nannie Louise Hansberry (born Perry)
A school teacher -
Birth of Lorraine
Lorraine was born in provident hospital (cook county) the first African American run hospital in the United States. in Chicago Illinois. -
House Purchase
Carl Hansberry buys a house in the Washington Park Subdivision -
Hansberry Vs. Lee
Carl Augustus Hansberry fights the Restrictive Covenant -
Carl's Death
Carl Hansberry dies of a cerebral hemorrhage when Lorraine is 15 -
Highschool Graduation
Lorraine graduates from Englewood High -
Presidential campaign
also in 1948 she started working on the campaign for the progressive party, ad covered a case of a African-american man executed after an all white jury deliberated his case for three minutes -
University Of Washington
After graduation she enrolled in UOfW studying theatre politics and the anti-colonial movement -
progressive party
the progressive nomination for president was Henry A. Wallace -
Education Fluctuation
Lorraine left U of W before graduating briefly studying at the art institute of Chicago and Roosevelt University -
New York City
in 1950 Lorraine moved to New York City -
Work
Lorraine started working for Paul Robersons "freedom" a progressive publication the put her in touch with other literary and political mentors -
Marriage
During a protest against racial discrimination Lorraine met Robert B. Nemiroff a white jewish writer who shared political views with Lorraine the two married at the Hansberry home in Chicago. Lorraine was a lesbian. -
Writing a play
Lorraine started to write the crystal stair(also a Langston Hughes poem) later retitled to a raisin in the sun from Langston Hughes Harlem a dream referred she was inspired by her childhood and African American working class -
Hit Song
in 1956 Nemiroff co-wrote a hit song allowing Lorraine to quit her job so she could write exclusively on her own. -
Producing
Lorraine raised funds to produce her play -
a raisin in the sun on broadway
a raisin in the sun debuted on broadway at the Ethel barrymore theatre becoming a success after many doubts -
A movie in the sun
A film adaptation of "a raisin in the sun" staring Sidney Poitier -
Divorce
9 years after marriage Lorraine and Robert ended their romantic relationship but were still best friends -
MLK speech
Martin Luther King jr. gave his speech dubbed "I have a dream" -
Lorraines Death
Lorraine died of pancreatic cancer at age 34 her play 'the sign in in Sidney burnstien's window' closed on broadway the same day -
Nannie's Death
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to be young, gifted and black
lorraines ex-husband Robert adapted a selection of her writings on broadway titled 'to be young, gifted and black' -
the book
'to be young, gifted and black' became a book -
References
wikipedia.
britanica.
womenshistory.
wikitree.
jrusslaw.