To be young, gifted, and black ; Lorraine Hansberry in her own words / Adapted by Robert Nemiroff ; with original drawings and art by Miss Hansberry ; and an introduction by James Baldwin.

The prose and dramatic writings of Lorraine Hansberry provide autobiographical information about the author's life, thoughts, feelings, and career.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nemiroff, Robert
Other Authors: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Writer of introduction)
Language:English
Published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1969]
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Genre:
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 8 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: Copy 8 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:xxii, 266 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: "Sweet Lorraine" by James Baldwin -- Foreword by Robert Nemiroff -- Measure Him Right, Child -- "I Wish to Live ..." -- Chicago: Southside Summers -- Sarah, I Kin Read -- White Fur in the Middle of the Depression -- Queen of the Ethiopes -- Wisconsin: OF Vikings and Congo Drums -- Take Away Our Hearts O'Stone -- New York: Baby, You Could Be Jesus in Drag -- I Am A Writer, I Am Going to Write -- Curtain Going Up at Eight -- " ... For Generations and Generations an Generations" -- A Slight Sense of Justification for Being -- The Human Race Concerns Me -- What Use Are Flowers? -- Croton-on-Hudson: Will Work or Perish -- A Matter of Nature in Imperfection -- A Line Into Infinity -- The Bulwark of the Republic -- There Are No Simple Men -- The Bridge Across the Chasm -- Those Thousand Nameless Faceless Vapors -- You're Tough, Mavis Parodus -- Do I Remain a Revolutionary? -- To Be Young, Gifted and Black -- Before 'Tis Done. 
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