Lorraine Hansberry was a strong African American leader. She is an inspiration to other African Americans. She did plays and was a writer. Lorraine was born in, May 19, 1965, during the great depression. In her early life, her family was involved in civil rights. At a very young age, she was mistreated, she was a wear a white coat and some kids in school bet her up. Hansberry was a very successful person. She did two plays in her entire life. She was the first black woman to win a New York Critics' Circle award. Rais in the Sun is what she is known. Late in her life, she suffered from cancer. She divorced her husband in 1964. She wrote unit she dead. She died on January 12, 1965. Gave money to African
