CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a black woman to debut on Broadway.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Debby Applegate · @DebbyApplegate
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#OTD in 1924 Kathryn Ray, the star showgirl from Earl Carroll's Vanities, on the cover of the National Police Gazette: "Look what she got for Christmas!"
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