Reader's Guide to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN was a landmark play. In addition to being the first play by an African-American woman to appear on Broadway, it was also directed by an African-American man, Lloyd Richards, and all but one of the actors in the production were African-American. The play became the first African-American play to gain national acclaim and broke Broadway records.Loos, Pamela is the author of 'Reader's Guide to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780766028302 and ISBN 0766028305.