To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel.

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From the Ends of the Earth

1939

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

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1940

15 Song Traits

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Ponce de León

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Mushroom Park

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Food

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Crow's Nest

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CICATRIX

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Ace and Anxious

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1972