5. Lorraine Hansberry, 337 Bleecker Street and 112 Waverly Place, Manhattan
A Raisin in the Sun author, Lorraine Hansberry lived in both of these residences during her time as a writer and an activist. Hansberry was a staunch advocate for queer, women’s, and black civil rights throughout her life. She wrote several books and essays on these topics, such as “On Homophobia, the ‘Intellectual Impoverishment of Women’ and a Homosexual ‘Bill of Rights’” and The Movement: Documentary of a Struggle for Equality.