To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play) which she eventually died at 34. The play was well received and was one of the most successful plays off-Broadway during the 1968–1969 season. The play is still anthologized and performed around the world. The autobiography adapted from the play was also critically acclaimed. To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play) "To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words", was written by Lorraine Hansberry, an American writer best known for her 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun", a play that made Hansberry the first black author of a show on Broadway. After her death in
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: