To Be Young, Gifted And Black

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Release Date: 1990

Labels: Harper Audio, Caedmon

Lorraine Hansberry is the celebrated author of the Broadway play A RAISIN IN THE SUN.
She died in 1965 at the age of 34.

TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK has been adapted from her writings
by her husband, Robert Nemiroff.

This recording is drawn from the following works by Lorraine Hansberry:
A RAISIN IN THE SUN; TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK; LORRAINE
HANSBERRY IN HER OWN WORDS, adapted by Robert Nemiroff;
THE MOVEMENT; LES BLANCS/THE COLLECTED LAST PLAYS OF
LORRAINE HANSBERRY adapted and edited by Robert Nemiroff; and
POSTHUMOUSLY: IN DEFENSE OF LIFE, edited by Robert Nemiroff.