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Mama - Mama - I want so many things... I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.
Lorraine Hansberry
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Lorraine Hansberry
Age: 34 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: January 12
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Civil And Political Rights
Human Rights Activist
Non-Fiction Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
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