Lorraine Hansberry

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…a preview of the African-American spirit that engulfed the nation in the historic changes of the Civil Rights Movement. Her writing foresaw feminism, the Gay Liberation Movement and the demise of colonialism. She was a spearhead of the future, a woman who refused to be confined by the categories of race and gender. Lorraine Hansberry was a very important female playwright who broke many barriers in theatre. She lived a very achieving, but short life.