Lorraine Hansberry
Standard Name: Hansberry, Lorraine
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Adrienne Rich | AR
focusses on such authors as Lorraine Hansberry
and Elizabeth Bishop
; on women's roles in academia; and on the shaping of the subjectivities of lesbian, Jewish, and other minority women in America. |
| Textual Features | Alice Walker | Here AW
continues to protest the wrongs of others and of herself. The Diamonds on Liz's Bosom (referencing film star Elizabeth Taylor
and diamond-mining in Africa) says wryly: Oh, those Africans! / Everywhere you... |
Timeline
11 March 1959
With the opening of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
became the first black woman to have a play produced on Broadway.