Proper noun
Hansberry (plural Hansberrys)
A surname.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Source: Internet
He’s allowed more books and starts reading Homer’s “Odyssey,” “Night” by Elie Wiesel and a biography of black playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Source: Internet
Using the 1963 meeting between politician Robert Kennedy and civil rights activists James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Kenneth Clark, and Jerome Smith as a launch point, Dyson explores the past and future of America. Source: Internet
There, Gary studied ancient Greek theater, Shakespeare and Molière alongside foundational Black texts: “I learned about Black women playwrights, the Black feminist literary tradition as well, everyone from Ntozake Shange to Lorraine Hansberry.” Source: Internet
Samira Wiley plays “A Raisin in the Sun” writer Lorraine Hansberry in the HBO Max series “Equal.” Source: Internet
She also appears in the PBS documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.” Source: Internet