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Wed, 03.11.1959

“A Raisin in the Sun” Debuts on Broadway

*On this date in 1959, "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first Broadway play written by a Black woman.

The show opened at the Barrymore Theater with Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil in the starring roles. Lorraine Hansberry’s drama ran for 530 performances and received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

The stairs mount to his eternity the rotted floor, the dripping faucet all now abide within him, the cracked ceiling, the rusted bed in his dark squalid chamber abide... THE STAIRCASE by Samuel Allen.
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