Lorraine Hansberry Hall (built 1973) is a residence hall at Lincoln University, named for author and playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Since its opening, Lorraine Hansberry Hall has been used to house freshmen women. In January 2003 the Women’s Center...
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and civil rights activist. She was the first Black American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Hansberry's best-known work, the play A Raisin in...
William Leo Hansberry (February 25, 1894 – November 3, 1965) was an American scholar, lecturer and pioneering African history scholar He was the older brother of real estate broker Carl Augustus Hansberry, uncle of award-winning playwright Lorraine...
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is an African-American arts institution located in downtown San Francisco. It is named after Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote A Raisin in the Sun while living in Bay Area. Since being founded in 1981, The Lorraine...
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences on the south side of...
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window is the second and last staged play by playwright Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun. The play focuses on events that occur after Sidney hangs a political sign urging an end to bossism in the...
The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), was founded in 1974, in Oakland, California. It supported and promoted black filmmaking, and preserved the contributions by African-American artists both before and behind the camera.
David Attie (November 30, 1920 – August 1, 1982) was an American photographer, published in magazines and books from the late 1950s until his death. He was one of the last proteges of photography teacher and art director Alexey Brodovitch. Attie...
The New York State Writers Hall of Fame or NYS Writers Hall of Fame is a project established in 2010 by the Empire State Center for the Book, which is the New York State affiliate of the U.S. Library of Congress's Center for the Book, and the Empire...
Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan (born July 12, 1990) is an American actress. She rose to fame for her performance as Midge Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), for which she won a Primetime Emmy...
