Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin In The Sun Av Charles J. Shields

<p><b>The moving story of the life of the woman behind <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i>, the most widely anthologized, read, and performed play of the American stage, by the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee</i></b><br><br>Written when she was just twenty-eight, Lorraine Hansberry¿s landmark <i>A Raisin in the Sun </i>is listed by the National Theatre as one of the hundred most significant works of the twentieth century. Hansberry was the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway, and the first Black and youngest American playwright to win a New York Critics¿ Circle Award.<br><br>Charles J. Shields¿s authoritative biography of one of the twentieth century¿s most admired playwrights examines the parts of Lorraine Hansberry¿s life that have escaped public knowledge: the influence of her upper-class background, her fight for peace and nuclear disarmament, the reason why she embraced Communism during the Cold War, and her dependence