Title: To be young, gifted, and black
First published: 1969
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. 

"Brilliantly alive."—The New York Times.
Subjects: Drama, African American women civil rights workers, African American dramatists, Women dramatists, Biographies, African American women dramatists, Biography, African Americans, In literature, Autobiographies, American autobiographies, Women authors, African americans, social conditions, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Hansberry, lorraine, 1930-1965, American Dramatists, Literature
People: Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), Lorraine Hansberry