num_pages: 152
description: The story of twenty-eight-year-old Chicago-born Lorraine Hansberry, whose 1959 Broadway play skyrocketed her to fame, describes the background of her times, her remarkable family, and the outside forces that made her the courageous and beautiful woman she was.
language: English
title: Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
titlecomplete: Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Holiday House