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Who inspired the play'To Be Young, Gifted and Black'?

  • Lorraine Hansberry

  • Malcolm X

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

  • James Baldwin

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The play "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" was inspired by Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American playwright, author, and civil rights activist. Hansberry was born in Chicago in 1930 and grew up in a racially segregated neighborhood. Her experiences in this neighborhood inspired her to write about the struggles of African-Americans in the United States.
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