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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.

LIBRA PS3515.A515 Z8
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LIBRA - Rare PS3515.A515 Z8 1969 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nemiroff, Robert.
Contributor:
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, writer of introduction.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
Hansberry, Lorraine.
Women dramatists--Drama.
Women dramatists.
African American women civil rights workers--Drama.
African American women civil rights workers.
African American dramatists--Drama.
African American dramatists.
Genre:
Drama.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (bookplate) (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xxii, 266 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1969].
Contents:
Prologue: Measure Him Right, Child
Part One: "I Wish to Live ..."
Part Two: "... for Generations and Generations and Generations"
Part Three: A Line into Infinity.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
Banks Collection copy is "Second Printing January, 1970".
Banks Collection copy has bookplate of Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy has article from September 1969 issue of New Lady laid in.
ISBN:
0139230033
OCLC:
50761

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