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Playwright, educator

Foster Parents Created Rough Childhood

Found Hope in Writing

Created a Life as a Playwright

Shared Triumph in Memoir

Selected works

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Aishah Rahman, originally named Virginia Hughes, pulled herself out of a desolate childhood into an adulthood full of success.

Possibly because of her rocky beginning, Rahman became a talented writer of plays that managed to capture accurately the nuances of the trials and tribulations of women’s lives. She won several awards for her plays and saw them performed all over New York City.

Rahman was born in Harlem, New York, in 1936.

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Her father, James Manman Jackson, was a World War I veteran, whose war injuries resulted in disabilities that limited his ability to work at jobs that required a strong physical presence. As a result of these injuries, he was limited to employment at more menial tasks and was never able to achieve much financial success.

Rahman’s mother, May Anna Hughe