Lorraine Hansberry
Subtitle: playwright and voice of justice
By: Catherine Scheader
Edition: Library ed.
Series: African-American biographies
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Springfield, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780894909450
Subjects: African Americans in literature; African Americans; American Dramatists; Drama; African American dramatists; Juvenile literature; Biography; Women
Description: A biography of the playwright who was the first black person and the youngest American to receive the New York Drama Critics' award for the best play of the year.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-125) and index.
Table of contents: title: Opening night; title: On the south side of Chicago; title: Other voices; title: The first melody; title: Harlem street corners; title: A small white desk; title: Like a moving train; title: Talk of the town; title: The movement; title: To be young, gifted, and Black.