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Lillias White

   LILLIAS WHITE      by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 10 Lillias White is an internationally acclaimed American actress and singer widely recognized as one of Broadway’s most dynamic and powerful leading ladies. Born in 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, she has spent over four decades commanding both the stage and screen with …

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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965)  A groundbreaking American playwright, essayist, and civil rights activist, Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest American playwright ever to win the Best American Play Award from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle for A Raisin in the Sun.  Her other works include The Sign in Sidney …

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