Rent Lorraine Hansberry Audio Collection: Raisin in the Sun, To be Young, Gifted and Black and Lorraine Hansberry Speaks Out

Synopsis

PLorraine Hansberry wrote of Black consciousness before it was fashionable, but she bequeathed to all of us a legacy astounding in its richness and relevancy. Few writers, black or white, are more relevant to present-day America than Lorraine Hansberry./PPHere, for the first time, Caedmon has gathered many of her plays, interviews, and speeches into one unforgettable collection./PPIA Raisin in the Sun: an emotionally lacerating landmark of modem American theatre. A full-cast production starring Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis./PPITo Be Young, Gifted and Black: a glowing, vibrant, searing and, at the same time, redemptively joyous self-portrait. A full-cast production starring James Earl Jones./PPILorraine Hansberry Speaks Out: seven interviews and speeches, recorded between 1959 and 1964, that range in topic from integration to backlash to the greatness and limitations of AfricanAmerican leadership./P

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