# Lorraine Hansberry

Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' (1959), depicting a Black family's struggles against Chicago housing segregation and restrictive covenants, drawing on her family's Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee.

- Region: 312
- Affiliation: Playwright & Civil Rights Activist
- Industry: Literature & Social Justice
- URL: https://xecon.dev/312/profiles/people/lorraine-hansberry
- Updated: 2026-05-27

## Sources

1. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry)
2. [Chicago Public Library](https://www.chipublib.org/lorraine-hansberry-biography/)