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:
Hansberry, Lorraine, > 1930-1965.
Women dramatists > Drama.
African American women civil rights workers > Drama.
African American dramatists > Drama.
Historical drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Historical drama.
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
Contents:
  • 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.