Conversations with Lorraine Hansberry

Honorable Mention Recipient of the Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship Spanning from the debut of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway in 1959 to her early death from cancer in January 1965, Lorraine Hansberry’s short stint in the public eye changed the landscape of American theater. With A Raisin in the Sun , Hansberry (1930–1965) became both the first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway and the first to win the prestig