Growing up in the early 1900s was not easy, especially if you were female and/or black. Hansberry was both, and with that, she faced issues of discrimination. As she grew as a woman and a writer, someone respected her more and saw her beyond her race and the fact that she was a woman. Throughout her life, she fought for her rights and championed a cause, until her tragic untimely death from cancer. Lorraine Hansberry grew up during the American civil rights movement, managed to overcome the difficult times of segregation, lack of women's rights and harsh criticism from critics to become a strong writer, which she used to make a difference for African Americans through all of her writings.#1 Hansberry grew up in difficult times with both of her parents, from the beginning she wanted to make a difference. “Lorrain Vivian Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1930 to Carl A. Hansberry and Nanny Perry Hansberry and was the youngest of four children. » (#4) “Throughout her childhood, thanks to her family's deep involvement in the black community, she was surrounded by black politics, cultures and economies. Her father, a relative, was very active in the NAACP and…her mother, a former schoolteacher, was a member of the neighborhood committee…”(#4) When she was eight, her family moved to a white community but was then forced to leave her. “Hansberry learned another lesson of pride in 1938 when his father, risking prison, defied Chicago's housing convents, which legally upheld housing discrimination, by moving his own family to a white neighborhood.” (#4). “Hansberry herself believed that religion was a crutch…and this belief is reflected in her near-rejection of Christianity and the indigenous religion of Zatembe to whites. » (Document no. 2). Faced with several ...... middle of paper ...... in the Sun; Canned Film Festavel Special Prize and Screen Writers Guide nomination, both in 1961, both for the screenplay A Raisin in the Sun. (http://libproxy.wcjc.cc.tx.us:2368) (#9) “Hansberry named the season's “most promising playwright” in Variety's poll of New York drama critics . » (#9) "But most critics did not perceive Hansberry as a particularly political or 'black' writer, but rather as someone who dealt more with human universals. (#9) With only a short time spent in this world, Hansberry was able to make a difference to many people inside and outside the world of literature. She stood up for her rights, which helped her find love and peace. Hansberry faced many difficult challenges throughout her life, from racial discrimination to harsh criticism of her books and plays, but she believed in herself and took matters into her own hands to try to make a difference..