Write if you will: but write about the world as it is and as you think it ought to be and must beif there is to be a world. Write about all the things that men have written about since the beginning of writing and talkingbut write to a point. Work hard at it, care about it. Write about our people: tell their story. You have something glorious to draw on begging for attention. Dont pass it up. You have something glorious to draw on begging for attention. Dont pass it up. Use it. Good luck to you. The Nation needs your gifts. Lorraine Hansberry speech, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, given to Readers Digest/United Negro College Fund creative writing contest winners, NYC, May 1, 1964.
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Lorraine Hansberry was a 20th-century American black american playwright and author. Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer. She was the first Black American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Read more on Wikipedia →