Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Although only two of her plays had been produced by her death at age 29, Lorraine Hansberry emerged as a leading voice in the struggle for Black equality in the 1960s. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black tells her story in the context of the growing Civil Rights movement. But to its credit, this play also explores Hansberry's life from feminist and artistic perspectives. Although director Katrina Merritt's staging is conventional, the intriguing script and powerful cast ensure that our interest in Hansberry and the works she created will linger after the lights have faded...
...from slavery. The central characters from A Raisin in the Sun wrestle with the same question when they debate if they should accept a white man's money in exchange for not moving into his neighborhood. The Playwright herself wonders whether she can best serve her the cause of civil rights by writing in New York or by journeying South with the Freedom Riders...
Dershowitz, a high-profile defense attorney and civil libertarian, said in a letter he would ask the council to question nominee Paul Mahoney--now the chief aide to Senate President William M. Bulger--under oath about alleged comments concerning Boston attorney Harvey Silverglate...
City Manager Robert W. Healy chose Fitzgerald, the highest scorer on a state-administered civil service exam, after interviewing him twice, city officials said this week. He passed over two other deputy chiefs who were finalists for the position...
Officials estimated that 200 civilians and fighters were killed, and more than 300 were wounded throughout the country. The FMLN leadership views such muscle flexing as a bargaining chip in U.N.-mediated negotiations with the government to end the decade-old civil...