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Hansberry

American  
[hanz-ber-ee] / ˈhænz bɛr i /

noun

  1. Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.


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Lindo walked the streets where “Raisin” playwright Lorraine Hansberry lived, steeping himself in what it meant to exist in that place and time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

And according to Marshall, there was a moment when “even Lorraine Hansberry was talking about getting guns out of her basement.”

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025

During his time at ACT, Langs also led collaborations with the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, The Hansberry Project and many other local arts groups.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Clamorous with the voices of men, who take up an awful lot of oxygen, it is most incisive and piercing in the voices of its women, whom Hansberry draws with exquisite fullness.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

Professor William Hansberry of Straight College was introduced to deliver a lecture on the Ancient and Mediaeval Culture of the People of Yorubuland.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various