Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an African-American playwright and writer. Hansberry was the first black female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play "A Raisin in the Sun", highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago. Hansberry's family had struggled against segregation, challenging a restrictive covenant and eventually provoking the Supreme Court case "Hansberry v. Lee". The title of the play was taken from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like
Fate in a Pleasant Mood to appear, the tracks had been redistributed. After having released three albums in the previous eight years - "Super-Sonic Jazz" (1957), "Jazz in Silhouette" (1959) and "When Sun Comes Out" (1963) - Saturn released four albums in 1965. Along with "Fate In A Pleasant Mood", "Angels and Demons at Play" (recorded 1956-60), "Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow" (recorded 1961-62) and "Secrets of the Sun" (recorded 1962) were all released this year. ESP also released "The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One" at the same time. All songs were written by Sun Ra unless otherwise noted. Side A: Side B: