Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago on May 19, 1930. She grew up in the Woodlawn of Chicago on the south side. When Hansberry was 8 years old her and her family moved to a white neighborhood. She was bullied by her class mates. She got bullied because she wore a coat one day. She even got beat up for. 1950she moved to New York to work on her writing. She left art to do writing. She then combined art and writing together because it was what she liked to do. She said she put the two love of her life together. On March 11,1959 “A Raisin in the Sun” got to theaters. It was known as a unknown black girl who wrote it. It went around the world in over 30 languages. She didn’t like being called a “rich girl” she was never conferrable getting called by that name.

In 1874 schools were segregation. The first outlaw of public segregation was in 1854. Living conditions were very crowded. “Hansberry” and her family moved to a white neighborhood when Hansberry was eight years old, where they were met with violence and hostility. Mobs surrounded the family house.” (Rahe)This information helps the audience understand how difficult it was for black families to move into all white neighborhoods. “Chicago was still receiving tens of thousands of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.” That just means people are just trying to get into a good home. And a good neighborhood. They want to be living good like the other people. There will always be immigrants any where you go. People just want to live good. They would compete against each other for better jobs. To see who would get paid more. They should be competing with each other to see who gets paid more. In 1927 they maintained housing