Though he was a writer 's director , for the most part avoiding a conspicuous directorial thumbprint on his productions , his mark on the dramatic landscape was tremendous , starting as far back as 1957 , when he was offered the job of directing a play called '' A Raisin in the Sun , '' about the Youngers , a black family struggling to get out of poverty in Chicago , by an unknown playwright named Lorraine Hansberry .
Lorraine Hansberry /people/person/place_of_birth Chicago
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Lorraine Hansberry
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