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Raisin
2004 Virginia Capers, actress, Raisin, dies at 78

1993 Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77

1986 RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell)

1975 "Raisin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 847 performances

1974 Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76

1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win

1973 "Raisin" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 847 performances

1973 Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City

1973 Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39

1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens

1934 Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife

1930 Lorraine Hansberry, playwright, Raisin in the Sun

1924 Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer, Raisin, K2

1924 Sidney Poitier, actor, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, or 1927

1923 Ruby Dee, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Cat People, Roots

1898 Raymond Glenn, Frankfort, Kentucky, actor, Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones



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