Lorraine Hansberry: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Anne Cheney, Lorraine Hansberry (1984, reissued 1994); Steven R. Carter, Hansberry’s Drama: Commitment amid Complexity (1991); Richard M. Leeson, Lorraine Hansberry: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1997); and Imani Perry, Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (2018).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Lorraine Hansberry. Nov 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 15, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 08, 2026
Article revised and updated. Mar 10, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Lorraine Hansberry and the African Image. Oct 16, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Lorraine Hansberry. Jul 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Chicago Public Library - Lorraine Hansberry Biography. Nov 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Black History in America - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Aug 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Apr 19, 2022
Add new Web site: The Heroine Collective - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Feb 01, 2019
Add new Web site: Black History in America - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Feb 01, 2019
Add new Web site: LGBT History Month - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Feb 01, 2019
Noted the cause of her death. Mar 13, 2015
Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Lorraine Hansberry. Aug 17, 2012
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Aug 17, 2012
Add new Web site: BlackHistoryNow - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Aug 17, 2012
Bibliography revised and updated. Jan 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965). Aug 08, 2006
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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