<P> Hansberry was appalled by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which took place while she was in high school, and expressed desire for a future in which: "Nobody fights . We get rid of all the little bombs--and the big bombs ." She did believe in the right of people to defend themselves with force against their oppressors . </P> <P> The Federal Bureau of Investigation began surveillance of Hansberry when she prepared to go to the Montevideo peace conference . The Washington, D.C. office searched her passport files "in an effort to obtain all available background material on the subject, any derogatory information contained therein, and a photograph and complete description," while officers in Milwaukee and Chicago examined her life history . Later, an FBI reviewer of Raisin in the Sun highlighted its Pan-Africanist themes as dangerous . </P> <P> Hansberry, a heavy smoker her whole life, died of pancreatic cancer on January 12, 1965, aged 34 . James Baldwin believed "it is not at all farfetched to suspect that what she saw contributed to the strain which killed her, for the effort to which Lorraine was dedicated is more than enough to kill a man ." </P> <P> Hansberry's funeral was held in Harlem on January 15, 1965 . Paul Robeson and SNCC organizer James Forman gave eulogies . The presiding minister, Eugene Callender, recited messages from Baldwin and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. which read: "Her creative ability and her profound grasp of the deep social issues confronting the world today will remain an inspiration to generations yet unborn ." The 15th was also Dr. King's birthday . She is buried at Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery in Croton - on - Hudson, New York . </P>

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