, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.

Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.

youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk

studio photo of Lorraine Hansberry. She is a Black woman with short hair.
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