description: In her first play, the now-classic A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry introduced the lives of ordinary African Americans into our national theatrical repertory. Now, Hansberry tells her own life story in an autobiography that rings with the voice of its creator.
language: English
title: To Be Young, Gifted and Black: An Informal Autobiography
titlecomplete: To Be Young, Gifted and Black: An Informal Autobiography
genres: Classics, Autobiography, Plays, Race, African American, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 2755
publisher: Signet