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To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words, was written Lorraine Hansberry, an American writer best known for her 1957 play A Raisin in the Sun, the success of this play making her the first black woman to have a show running on Broadway. After her death in 1965, her ex-husband and friend Robert Nemiroff collated her unfinished manuscripts and adapted them into a stage play that first ran from 1968 to 1969, off Broadway. It was then converted into an equally successful autobiography by the same title.

Synopsis
The play was adapted through Lorraine’s letters, interviews and journal entries. It begins at the start of Lorraine’s life, highlighting her early childhood in a Chicago Ghetto to her college years and then later life, including the creation and inspiration for her play A Raisin in the Sun. It also covers her journey from Chicago to New York and the problems she overcame in order to get her play on Broadway, whilst also incorporating fragments of her personal life; such as her marriage and her beliefs (e.g. her strong support of racial and gender equality) and concludes with her battle with terminal illness, which she eventually died from at 34.

Reception
The play was well received and was one of the most successful plays off-Broadway during the 1968-1969 season. The play is still performed frequently around the world; additionally the autobiography adapted from the play was also received positively.