Lorraine Hansberry, acclaimed author and playwright, passed away at the age of 34. She was best known for A Raisin in the Sun (1959), the first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. Hansberry’s work addressed racial injustice, feminism, and the struggles of Black families in America, leaving a lasting legacy in American theater and civil rights discourse.
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