Ep.60: Lorraine Hansberry

A Dove Tale: Rainey & Liz discuss the brilliant Lorraine Hansberry!  Lorraine was born in Chicago and described as “a young Ida B.” for her powerful writing and activism.  Lorraine moved to Harlem in 1951 during The Harlem Renaissance and joins a “pod” of creative intellectuals, including W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson, Sidney Poitier, Nina Simone, Langston Hughes and more!  Lorraine begins her career writing for the newspaper “Freedom” and becomes the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway in 1958, A Raisin In The Sun.  And the whole time the FBI is investigating Lorraine claiming she is anti-American because she was fighting for Black Americans’ equality and equity.  Tune in and learn about America during the Cold War…