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Lorraine Hansberry is born in Chicago, Illinois

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Hansberry's family moves to predominantly white neighborhood

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Hansberry graduates Betsy Ross Elm. and is the only black student in her class.

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Hansberry graduates from Englewood High school.

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Hansberry attends University of Wisconsin for a brief period before transferring to Roosevelt University of Chicago.

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Leaves college without graduating and moves to New York to pursue writing.

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Marries Robert Nemiroff, a Jewish publisher.

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Lorraine and Robert secretly separate.

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"A Raisin in The Sun" published and produced on Broadway.

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"A Raisin in the Sun" wins New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play

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"The Sign in Sidney Burstein's Window" opens on broadway.

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Lorraine Hansberry passes away at the age of 34 due to pancreatic cancer.

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"To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" a collection of writings by Hansberry is published by her former husband Robert Nemiroff.

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"Les Blancs,” an unfinished play by Lorraine edited by Robert Nemiroff, opens on Broadway

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Hansberry is inducted in the American theatre hall of fame.