Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.

  • Lorraine Hansberry: in her own words / produced by Theodore Rubin. (Episode 2 of 2)

    The first of a two-part documentary program celebrating the life of Black playwright Lorraine Hansberry (1930 – 1965). Hansberry was the author of the plays A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, as well as several plays unfinished in her lifetime, such as Toussaint, The Arrival of Mr. Todog, The…

  • History of Black women’s movement

    Compilation of three KPFA Majority Report news segments about Black women’s history. 1. Segment on Lorraine Hansberry (same as AZ0642.07) — 2. Segment on Marian Anderson (same as AZ0642.04, though read by a different person) — 3. Segment on Shirley Chisholm (not the same as AZ0642.04). No credits on tape, which appears to be a…

  • Majority report, May 13, 1982: Hansberry, Mother’s Day March, Studio W

    Julia Randall and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, May 13, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up — 2. A birthday tribute to playwright Lorraine Hansberry produced by Ginny Z. Berson; includes audio from a performance of her play “A Raisin in the Sun” and an excerpt from a TV interview with Hansberry by Mike Wallace…

  • The Negro in American culture.

    An outstanding panel on Black perceptions of the American setting in art, mainly literature and drama, featuring James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry and Emile Capouya, and Alfred Kazin. Hansberry excoriates the “arbitrary and superficial approach to Negro character of white writers.” Baldwin describes his sense of the polarity between being a writer and a…

  • Lorraine Hansberry: in her own words / produced by Theodore Rubin. (Episode 1 of 2)

    The first of a two-part documentary program celebrating the life of Black playwright Lorraine Hansberry (1930 – 1965). Hansberry was the author of the plays A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, as well as several plays unfinished in her lifetime, such as Toussaint, The Arrival of Mr. Todog, The…

  • Lorraine Hansberry : in her own words / produced by Ted Rubin.

    The second part of the two-part documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: In Her Own Words” celebrating the life of Black playwright Lorraine Hansberry (1930 – 1965), produced by Ted Rubin for WBAI in 1967. Identical to BB4497.02 – cf. that program for a full description of contents.