#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
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#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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