Nina Simone's legacy will be introduced to new audiences when the film, Nina, starring Zoe Saldana, is released in theaters next month. The biopic tells the story of Simone's relationship with her nurse-turned-manager Clifton Henderson and will highlight the later years of Simone's tumultuous life.
Lorraine Hansberry, dramatist and author, died in New York City on this date January 12,1965. Her play, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first play written by a Black woman to be performed on Broadway. Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago, the daughter of a prominent real-estate broker, Carl Hansberry, and the niece of […]
