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Lorraine's parents were Carl Augustus Hansberry and Nannie Louise Perry -
Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 in Chicago Illinois -
Lorraine has 3 siblings 2 brothers named Carl Augustus Hansberry, Jr. and Perry Holloway Hansberry she also has 1 sister named Mamie Louise Hansberry -
Her uncle was William Leo Hansberry, a scholar of African studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. -
In 1938, Hansberry's family moved to a white neighborhood and was violently attacked by neighbors.
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Hansberry graduated from Betsy Ross Elementary in 1944 -
Carl Hansberry was born on April 30, 1895. he was an American real estate broker and political activist. but later died on March 7, 1946 -
She attended the University of Wisconsin in 1948–50 and then briefly the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Roosevelt University (Chicago). -
Hansberry graduated from Englewood High School in 1948. -
She enrolled in the University of Wisconsin but left before completing her degree. After studying painting in Chicago and Mexico, Hansberry moved to New York in 1950 to begin her career as a writer.
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In New York, Hansberry attended the New School for Social Research and then worked for Paul Robeson’s progressive Black newspaper, Freedom, as a writer and associate editor from 1950 to 1953.
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Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a struggling Black family, which opened on Broadway to great success. -
Hansberry was the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award. -
Hansberry was an advocate for gay rights.
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She addressed social issues in her writings.
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Lorraine passed away on January 12, 1965 -
Lorraine passed way due Pancreatic cancer -
Nannie Louise Perry was born on June 24, 1896, in Tennessee but later died in 1966
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Nina Simone dedicated a song to her -
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