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"A Raisin in the Sun" opens on Broadway

Lorraine Hansberry becomes the first Black woman with a play on Broadway.

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  1. March 11, 1959
    "A Raisin in the Sun" opens on Broadway

    Lorraine Hansberry becomes the first Black woman with a play on Broadway.