Growing up in the early 1900s wasn't easy, especially if you were female and/or black. Hansberry was both and with that he faced challenges of discrimination. As she grew as a woman and a writer, a person respected her more and saw her as more than her race and the fact that she was a woman. Throughout his life, he fought for his rights and stood up for a cause, until his tragic untimely death from cancer. Lorraine Hansberry grew up during the American civil rights movement, she managed to overcome the hard times of segregation, the lack of women's rights and the harsh criticism of critics to become a strong writer, who used to make a difference for the African Americans through all of her writings.#1 Hansberry grew up in difficult times with her two 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, culture, and economics. Her father, a speaker, was very active in the NAACP and…his mother, a former school teacher, was a member of the ward committee…”(#4) When he was eight his family moved to a white community but was later forced to leave “Hansberry learned another lesson of pride in 1938 when her father, risking prison, defied Chicago real estate monasteries, which legally supported housing discrimination, by moving her family to a white neighborhood." (#4). "Hansberry herself believed that religion was a crutch. . and this belief is reflected in his near-rejection of both Christianity and the native religion of Zatembe in Les Blancs." (Map n. 2). In front of many... middle of paper... in the sun; Special Prize Canned Film Festavel and Screen nominations Writers Guide, both 1961, both for the screenplay, A Raisin in the Sun. (http://libproxy.wcjc.cc.tx.us:2368) (#9)"Hansberry named "most promising playwright" of the season in Variety's poll of New York theater critics."(#9)"But most critics perceived Hansberry not as a particularly political or "black" writer, but rather as one who more than human universals. (#9) With only a short period of time spent in this world, Hansberry was able to make a difference for 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 it upon herself to try to make a difference..