And that is why I say to you that, though it be a thrilling and marvelous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times it is doubly so, doubly dynamic - to be young, gifted and black.

This book is a posthumous compilation of the writings of Lorraine Hansberry: letters, excepts from plays, transcripts of speeches,etc. It provides such insights into her thoughts and feelings and ideas, as well as into the broader American culture of her time. She was so brilliant, but died oh so young.

Write if you will: but write about the world as it is and as you think it ought to be and must be - if there is to be a world.