Living the Answer: The Hansberry Legacy
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This article discusses the legacy of the African-American writer and playwright Lorraine Hansberry whose play, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first piece authored by a Black woman to open on Broadway, and it also the first play directed by a Black man (Lloyd Richards) in that prestigious venue. Special emphasis is placed on her work as an activist and a public intellectual, aiming at presenting a counterpoint to traditional academic analyses which focus mainly on her theatrical work. The focus is developed from a discussion of her daily choices, which were central to her personal and professional trajectory, therefore evincing her intellectual production of activist scholarship. The article also discusses the challenges faced in the process of allowing students to have a broad vision of the magnitude of Hansberry legacy, through an approach that encompasses both her art and her political activism
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