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Lorraine Hansberry, born on May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, was the youngest of four children. Her parents were Carl Augustus Hansberry, who was a real estate agent, and Nannie Louise Hansberry, who was a schoolteacher. Lorraine was seven, when her parents made the brave decision to move. They moved into an all-white community located near the University of Chicago. When the family moved, they were welcomed with an angry white mob that was trying to scare them off. Instead of being scared off, they decided to sue, and the family filed a lawsuit, Hansberry v. Lee, they won the lawsuit and we able to keep their home. Hansberry attended Englewood High School, where she became involved in theater. After graduating, she was accepted to the

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