To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Lorraine Hansberry with Robert Nemiroff (Contributor)

271 pages first pub 1969 (view editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black is a special kind of autobiography, in a very special voice. Both the story and the voice belong to a young woman from Chicago who moved to New York, won fame with her first play, A Raisin in the Sun—and went on to ne...

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inspiring: 80%

emotional: 60%

hopeful: 53%

informative: 53%

sad: 46%

challenging: 20%

adventurous: 13%

dark: 13%

funny: 6%

lighthearted: 6%

tense: 6%


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