Hansberry developed an interest in Africa and its history at a very tender age. Her uncle William helped her to explore her interest and answer any questions that she had since he was an expert in African history. Hansberry’s parents made her attend public schools when she was younger to protest against segregation; however, once Hansberry was ready and old enough to attend college, she decided to matriculate at the University of Wisconsin and in Mexico. While studying in Wisconsin, Hansberry became involved in different organizations including the Young Progressives of America and the Labor Youth League. However, Hansberry decided to move to New York in 1950 to begin her writing

Reading the biography of Lorraine Hansberry gave me insight of what it was like to be an African-American playwright who just happened to be a woman. She had to experience many hardships from both white and black people. The white people criticized her just because they believed that she will never be as good as a white playwright despite the fact that her plays made it to Broadway. The black people criticized Hansberry because they believed that she was selling out her black race just to have her plays produced on Broadway. She had it hard everyway that she turned, but that did not make her give up her passion of writing. She continued to write plays that she liked or that depicted the lives of real people. She refused to let anybody deter her from what she loved doing more than anything in this world, and for that reason, I think that she should be applauded. She is a true example of what it is like to stand up for what you believe in and what you have zeal for.

career. She started her career off by serving as an associate editor of Freedom, a work by Paul Robeson. Also, while finishing a seminar on African history conducted by the famous W.E.B. DuBois, Hansberry constructed a prolific research paper on ‘The Belgian Congo: A Preliminary Report on Its Land, Its History and Its People.’

1953 was the year that Hansberry married a Jewish songw

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