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This Day In Black History - March 11th Lorraine Hansberry Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Produce A Broadway Play

A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play produced by a Black woman, Lorraine Hansberry, debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 11, 1959. On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry, a Croton-On-Hudson resident, made history on Broadway with the opening of her play, A Raisin in the Sun. A story about a Black working-class […]

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