A review by axmed
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Lorraine was not a mystic. [...] She believed in human action and responsibility. But she was angry, righteously so. However, calling a public Black person angry was then, as now, a dagger. It was used to suggest moral failure. Like the other passions, anger is often cast as reckless and useless when in the hearts and minds of Black people, perhaps because passion lies in opposition to passive acceptance. Passion moves and insists.