To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

By Lorraine Hansberry

Pages

272

Rating

4.42

Year

1969

AutobiographyRaceMemoirBiographyClassicsAfrican American

Description

In her first play, the now-classic A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry introduced the lives of ordinary African Americans into our national theatrical repertory. Now, Hansberry tells her own life story in an autobiography that rings with the voice of its creator.