What I Must Tell the World (eBook)

How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice

Jay Leslie (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
50 Seiten
Zando (Verlag)
978-1-63893-136-2 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Lorraine Hansberry has had a direct influence on who we are, the stories we tell, and how we move in the world today. We are beyond delighted to share Jay's beautiful words and Loveis's stunning work, bringing this iconic visionary to life for the next generation of dreamers."e; -Lena Waithe, Rishi Rajani, and Naomi Funabashi, Hillman Grad BooksOur stories can change the world.As a young girl, playwright Lorraine Hansberry walked everywhere with a notebook, eager to capture the sights, sounds, and stories of the people around her. First Lorraine watched her parents' triumph in the Supreme Court case of Hansberry v. Lee. Then she discovered the magic of theater. Next, she unlocked the power of her voice, crafting A Raisin in the Sun. Her play went on to influence generations of artists and the world was never the same.Lyrical, vibrant, and empowering, What I Must Tell the World is a celebration of Lorraine Hansberry's life and legacy, and a love letter to the power of theater and storytelling.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2024
• Illustrationen: Loveis Wise
• Zusatzinfo: Full color throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
• Schlagworte: Activist • activist picture book • African American • African American literature • A Raisin in the Sun • autobiographical play • Autobiography • Black creatives • Black creator • black creators • black families • Black woman playwright • Bobby • Bobby Nemiroff • Broadway • broadway play • Carl Hansberry • Civil Rights • Creativity • Daughters of Bilitis • Drama Critic’s circle award • Duke Ellington. Chicago • empowering picture book • empowering picture books • ethel barrymore • Ethel Barrymore theater • famous Black picture books • father daughter picture books • Feminism • feminist • freedom • Freedom Magazine • gift picture books • Hansberry playright • Hansberry playwright • Hansberry vs Lee • Harlem • Harlem Renaissance • hillman grad • hillman grad books • historical picture book • Illinois • Imagination • imagination picture books • informative picture book • inspiring picture book • James Baldwin • jimmy baldwin • Lana Waith • Lana Waithe • Langston Hughes • legendary playwright • Lena Waif • Lena Waih • Lena Waith • lena waithe • Lena Waithe Books • Lesbian • lesbian history • Lesbian picture book • Les blancs • LGBT • lgbt picture books • LGBTQ • LGBTQ+ • LGBTQ+ picture books • Looking for Lorraine • Loraine Hansberry • Lorraine Hansbarry • Lorraine Hansberry • Lorraine Hansberry in her own words • Lorraine Hansberry legacy • Lorraine Hansberry picture book • Lorraine legacy • Louis E Burnham • NAACP • New York City picture book • Nina Simone • nonfiction picture book • NYC • on summer • Paul Robeson • picture book biography • picture book Black history • picture book history • picture books about creativity • picture books with strong father daughter relationships • Playwright • Playwrights • Poetic • Poetry • Queer • queer history • Queerness • queer picture book • racial justice activist • radical vision • Raisin in the sun • raisin sun book • Robert B. Nemiroff • Robert Nemiroff • Segregation • Sidney Poitier • Simone de Beauvoir • south side of chicago • strong families • Supreme court picture books • Theater • Theatre • Theatre Production • the drinking gourd • The Hansberrys • The New School • the radical and radiant life of Lorraine Hansberry • The Sign in Sidney • The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window • The Youngers • To Be Young Gifted and Black • University of Wisconsin • US Supreme Court • W.E.B Dubois • what use are flowers • Writer
• ISBN-10: 1-63893-136-4 / 1638931364
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63893-136-2 / 9781638931362