Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun'
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Lorraine Hansberry, 28-year-old playwright who won the Drama Critics' Award for her first play "A Raisin in the Sun," poses in New York City on April 7, 1959.
( (AP Photo/NY Herald Tribune) )
( (AP Photo/NY Herald Tribune) )