Question: What occupation did Kahlil Gibran and Lorraine Hansberry have in common?

Context articles: The Earth Gods
Kahlil Gibran (sculptor)
The Prophet (2014 film)
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play)
Lorraine Hansberry
The Prophet (book)
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
Gibran Museum
Lorraine Hansberry Hall
Kahlil Gibran

The Earth Gods is a literary work written by poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran.
 It was originally published in 1931, also the year of the author's death.
 The story's structured as a dialogue between three unnamed earth gods, only referred to as First God, Second God, and Third God.
 As is typical of Gibran's works, it's a classic that focuses on spiritual concepts.
Kahlil Gibran (`ka-lil jə-ˈbrän) (November 29, 1922 – April 13, 2008), sometimes known as "Kahlil George Gibran" (note the artist’s preferred Americanized spelling of his first name), was a Lebanese American painter and sculptor from Boston, Massachusetts.
 A student of the painter Karl Zerbe at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gibran first received acclaim as a magic realist painter in the late 1940s when he exhibited with other emerging artists later known as the "Boston Expressionists".
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 Called a "master of materials", as both artist and restorer, Gibran turned to sculpture in the mid-fifties.
 In 1972, in an effort to separate his identity from his famous relative and namesake, the author of "The Prophet", Gibran Kahlil Gibran, who was cousin both to his father Nicholas Gibran and his mother Rose Gibran, the sculptor co-authored with his wife Jean a biography of the poet entitled "Kahlil Gibran His Life And World".
 Gibran is known for multiple skills, including painting; wood, wax, and stone carving; welding; and instrument making.
The Prophet (full title Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet) is a 2014 animated film adapted from Kahlil Gibran's book "The Prophet".
 The film was produced by Salma Hayek, who also performed voice work.
 The production consisted of different directors for each of the film's collective essays, with animation director Roger Allers supervising and credited as screenwriter.
 Segment directors include Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar and Michal Socha.
 The film had an in-progress preview at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words", was written by Lorraine Hansberry, an American writer best known for her 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun", a play that made Hansberry the first black author of a show on Broadway.
 After her death in 1965, Hansberry's ex-husband and friend, songwriter and poet Robert Nemiroff, collated her unpublished writings and adapted them into a stage play that first ran from 1968 to 1969 off Broadway.
 It was then converted into an equally successful autobiography with the same title.
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an African-American playwright and writer.
The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran.
 It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf.
 It is Gibran's best known work.
 "The Prophet" has been translated into over 40 different languages and has never been out of print.
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is named after the acclaimed playwright of "A Raisin in the Sun".
 She wrote the play while living in Bay Area.
 Since being founded in 1981, The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre has mounted productions that have included performances by Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover and Ntozake Shange.
 The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is the first African-American arts institution to be located in downtown San Francisco.
The Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 km from Beirut.
 It is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran.
Lorraine Hansberry Hall (built 1973) is a residence hall at Lincoln University, named for author and playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
 Since its opening, Lorraine Hansberry Hall has been used to house freshmen women.
 In January 2003 the Women’s Center was opened in the basement as a wellness resource directed for female students.
 The basement of Lorraine Hansberry Hall is also the location for the large laundry area for the residents.
Khalil Gibran ( ; sometimes spelled Kahlil; full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران‎ ‎ / ALA-LC: "Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān" or "Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān") (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese writer, poet, and visual artist.