#lorrainehansberry — Public Fediverse posts

✨ "What happens to a dream deferred?" ✨

This week on Tony’s Timeless Thursdays, I’m celebrating A Raisin in the Sun—Lorraine Hansberry’s timeless masterpiece. Discover its impact, the cast throughout the years, and why it’s essential during #BlackHistoryMonth.

📖 Read here: https://wix.to/DALF0El

#ARaisinInTheSun #LorraineHansberry #ClassicTheater #TonyTimelessThursdays #BlackExcellence #BroadwayHistory #blackmastodon

Continuing my deep dive into #LorraineHansberry, noted #Queer #Black #Intellectual of the 50s and 60s. What a life she led. #RaisinInTheSun

"Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles about Jews; whites about blacks; haves about have-nots."

Dead from cancer at the age of 34 in 1965, she was friends with #JamesBaldwin and sparred with the likes of #MalcolmX & #RFK

"How Black Communist Women Remade Class Struggle"
#blackcommunistwomen
#GraceCampbell
# WillianaBurroughs
# MaudeWhite
#ThyraEdwards
#ellabaker #MarvelCooke #LouiseThompsonPatterson#EstherCooperJackson #ThelmaDale #ClaudiaJones #VickiGarvin #EslandaGoodeRobeson #DorothyHunton #LorraineHansberry #AliceChildress #DorothyBurnham #YvonneGregory #CharlottaBass

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