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She was born in Chicago, Illinois
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She graduated from Englewood Highschool
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Enrolls in the University of Wisconsin
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She transferred to New York University
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She becomes active in the civil rights movement
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A Raisin in the Sun premieres on Broadway
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She writes A Raisin in the Sun
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She moved to New York and started writing for the black press
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She marries Robert Nemiroff
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She begins working on "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window"
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Her second play is complete.
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She publishes her autobiography "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
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Hansberry is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
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Lorraine Hansberry passed away at the age of 34
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The sign in Sidney Brustein's window premiered on Broadway.