A Conversation With Dr. Imani Perry
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In 1959 when ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ debut on Broadway - Lorraine Hansberry became the first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. The play depicted an African American family’s struggle on Chicago South Side as it tried to move into a white neighborhood. Surprisingly the play mirrors some of the circumstances Hansberry grew up under while living on Chicago’s South Side.
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