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A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

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"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago conne...

First published 1958 132 pages
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Literary Criticism
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DDC 812.54 LCC PN-1997.00000000.R2259 1994 20th century812/.54A raisin in the sun (Play)African American StudiesAfrican American familiesAfrican American families in literatureAfrican AmericansAfrican american families--drama
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