NMLP P-019727 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry · Random House · 1959

US Random House 1959 is the true first (the first Broadway play by a Black woman), preceding the UK Methuen edition. The first printing is genuinely scarce; verify the absence of the 'B 987' second-printing code on the copyright page.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019727 for "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019727, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).