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To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play)

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262: 71:. Her journey from Chicago to New York was complicated by obstacles she overcame in order to get her play on Broadway and incorporates fragments of her personal life, such as her marriage and involvement in politics (e.g., her strong support of racial and gender equality). The play concludes with her battle with terminal illness, from which she eventually died at 34. 66:
The play was adapted from Lorraine's letters, interviews, and journal entries. It begins at the start of Lorraine's life, highlighting her early childhood in a Chicago ghetto to her college years and then later life, including the creation and inspiration for
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The play was well received and was one of the most successful plays off-Broadway during the 1968–1969 season. The play is still anthologized and performed around the world. The autobiography adapted from the play was also critically acclaimed.
48:, collated her unpublished writings and adapted them into a stage play that first ran from 1968 to 1969 off Broadway. It was then converted into an equally successful autobiography with the same title. 323: 299: 22: 44:, the first show on Broadway written by an African-American woman. After her death in 1965, Hansberry's ex-husband and friend, songwriter and poet 333: 328: 178: 292: 55: 338: 343: 285: 201: 318: 40: 159: 45: 35: 88: 269: 151: 117: 261: 84: 312: 100: 202:"Young, Gifted, Black and Complicated: The Question of Lorraine Hansberry's Legacy" 96: 51: 237:. The Department of Afro-American Research Arts and Culture. November 24, 2017 38:, adapted from her own writings. Hansberry was best known for her 1959 play 179:"'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' Belongs More to the Page Than the Stage" 104: 163: 155: 234: 140:
Lorraine Hansberry: A Research and Production Sourcebook
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with this title, inspired by Hansberry's play and book.
273: 235:"To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972, TV Movie)" 34:, is a play about the life of American writer 293: 8: 268:This article on a play from the 1960s is a 300: 286: 23:Young, Gifted and Black (disambiguation) 130: 95:, based on the stage play. It featured 138:Margaret B. Wilkerson (Winter 1999). " 7: 258: 256: 32:Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words 272:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 21:For similarly named articles, see 14: 324:Biographical plays about writers 260: 334:Plays set in the United States 30:To Be Young, Gifted and Black: 1: 329:Plays set in the 20th century 93:To Be Young, Gifted and Black 200:Fullwood, Steven G. (2010). 360: 255: 20: 144:African American Review 142:by Richard M. Leeson". 69:A Raisin in the Sun 41:A Raisin in the Sun 339:Off-Broadway plays 36:Lorraine Hansberry 281: 280: 209:Africana Heritage 89:made-for-TV movie 351: 344:1960s play stubs 302: 295: 288: 264: 257: 247: 246: 244: 242: 231: 225: 224: 222: 220: 215:(1): 1, 8, 9, 11 206: 197: 191: 190: 188: 186: 174: 168: 167: 135: 118:Hansberry v. Lee 359: 358: 354: 353: 352: 350: 349: 348: 309: 308: 307: 306: 253: 251: 250: 240: 238: 233: 232: 228: 218: 216: 204: 199: 198: 194: 184: 182: 176: 175: 171: 156:10.2307/2901367 137: 136: 132: 127: 113: 85:Michael Schultz 77: 64: 46:Robert Nemiroff 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 357: 355: 347: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 311: 310: 305: 304: 297: 290: 282: 279: 278: 265: 249: 248: 226: 192: 169: 150:(4): 710–712. 129: 128: 126: 123: 122: 121: 112: 109: 91:, also titled 76: 73: 63: 60: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 356: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 316: 314: 303: 298: 296: 291: 289: 284: 283: 277: 275: 271: 266: 263: 259: 254: 236: 230: 227: 214: 210: 203: 196: 193: 180: 173: 170: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 134: 131: 124: 120: 119: 115: 114: 110: 108: 106: 102: 101:Blythe Danner 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 74: 72: 70: 61: 59: 57: 53: 49: 47: 43: 42: 37: 33: 31: 24: 19: 16:American play 274:expanding it 267: 252: 241:November 23, 239:. Retrieved 229: 217:. Retrieved 212: 208: 195: 183:. Retrieved 177:Mann, Iris. 172: 147: 143: 139: 133: 116: 97:Roy Scheider 92: 82: 78: 68: 65: 50: 39: 29: 28: 27: 18: 181:. Backstage 87:directed a 52:Nina Simone 319:1968 plays 313:Categories 125:References 83:In 1972, 75:Reception 219:26 April 185:24 April 111:See also 105:Ruby Dee 62:Synopsis 54:wrote a 164:2901367 162:  103:, and 205:(PDF) 160:JSTOR 270:stub 243:2019 221:2014 187:2014 56:song 152:doi 315:: 213:10 211:. 207:. 158:. 148:33 146:. 107:. 99:, 301:e 294:t 287:v 276:. 245:. 223:. 189:. 166:. 154:: 25:.

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Young, Gifted and Black (disambiguation)
Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun
Robert Nemiroff
Nina Simone
song
Michael Schultz
made-for-TV movie
Roy Scheider
Blythe Danner
Ruby Dee
Hansberry v. Lee
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10.2307/2901367
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2901367
"'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' Belongs More to the Page Than the Stage"
"Young, Gifted, Black and Complicated: The Question of Lorraine Hansberry's Legacy"
"To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972, TV Movie)"
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