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Sometimes, I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just as plain as day. The future hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me.

Lorraine Hansberry

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Lorraine Hansberry
Age: 34 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: January 12
Activist
Civil And Political Rights
Human Rights Activist
Non-Fiction Writer
Playwright
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Chicago
Illinois
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
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