This day in Black History

This day, March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry ~ opens A Raisin in the Sun at the Ethyl Barrymore Theatre in New York making her the first Afr...

This day, March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry ~ opens A Raisin in the Sun at the Ethyl Barrymore Theatre in New York making her the first African-American woman to have her play produced on Broadway*.


* elixher.com

For more information on Lorraine Hansberry click on the picture above.

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