Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Living place: Chicago

Birthday: 19-5-1930 (94 years old)

Population of US 1930: 123,076,741

Global rank: #39076

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Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry profile

Who is Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry?
Remember for being the first African-American to write a Broadway play. A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959.
She was inducted into the US Theater Hall of Fame in 2013.
 
 

Young / Before famous

When she was 18 years old, she worked on the Henry A. Wallace campaign and a year later spent some time in Mexico studying drawing at the University of Guadalajara.

Family life info

She was married to Robert Nemiroff from 1953 until 1962.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry?
A 2004 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun featured P. Diddy as Walter Lee.

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Summary of Lorraine Hansberry profile

When was Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry born?
Lorraine Hansberry birthday 19-5-1930 (at the age of 94).
Where is Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois- United States. is a Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Lorraine Hansberry's global rank is 39076 and whose rank is 16 in list of famous Dramatist. Population of US in 1930 is about 123,076,741 persons.
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Events in 1930 and 19-5

Events in US in the birth year of Lorraine Hansberry

  • Unemployment soars, prompting President Hoover to appoint a Commission for Unemployment Relief.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act is passed by Congress. The act brings retaliatory tariff acts from foreign countries, U.S. foreign trade suffers a sharp decline, and the depression intensifies.
  • N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater withdraws all his money from the bank, sells his stock, and disappears. His fate is never learned.

Birthday Lorraine Hansberry (19-5) in history

  • Day 19-5 year 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded by her husband.
  • Day 19-5 year 1588: A massive fleet of 130 ships named Armada, meaning "Greatest and Luckiest Navy", has set out for England. Three months later, the fleet was scuttled by a storm and the British navy.
  • Day 19-5 year 1643: Meeting of Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor the colonies of Massachusetts Bay on forming the New England Confederacy.
  • Day 19-5 year 1921: Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
  • Day 19-5 year 1928: The first annual Calaveras County "Frog Jumping Jubilee" was held in Angel's Camp, California.
  • Day 19-5 year 1935: British author and soldier, T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
  • Day 19-5 year 1962: Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to president John F. Kennedy.
  • Day 19-5 year 1992: The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
  • Day 19-5 year 1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York.
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