Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (HM2CBZ)

Location: New York, NY 10011 New York County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 43.956', W 73° 59.96'

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May 19, 1930 - January 2, 1965

—112 Waverly Place, Manhattan —

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
May 19, 1930 - January 2, 1965
112 Waverly Place, Manhattan
The first African-American woman to write a play performed on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry is best known for A Raisin in the Sun (1959), about a Chicago family living under racial segregation. The play's title is taken from Langston's Hughes' poem Harlem, and some of its elements are taken from her parents' life - their purchase of a home in a racially restricted Chicago neighborhood eventually culminated in the 1940 Supreme Court decision that restricted covenants could be legally contested. In 1950, Hansberry moved to NYC, where she attended the New School, wrote for Paul Robeson's Pan-Africanist newspaper Freedom, and, in 1953, married producer Robert Nemiroff. Later involved with the nation's first lesbian rights organization, The Daughters of Bilitis, Hansberry brought this building in 1960, where she resided until her death. Hansberry inspired Nina Simone's 1969 song, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black.
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Date Added Monday, October 15th, 2018 at 5:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 584497 N 4509555
Decimal Degrees40.73260000, -73.99933333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 43.956', W 73° 59.96'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 43' 57.36" N, 73° 59' 57.6" W
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Area Code(s)646, 718, 917, 212, 516,
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 117 Waverly Pl, New York NY 10011, US
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