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... Not only would she change the literary world by her play “A Raisin in the Sun”, but she would also influence the political and civil rights world as well.
The daughter of Carl, a prominent real estate broker in Chicago, and Nannie, his college-educated wife, Lorraine grew up in a nice neighborhood - unlike the Youngers in her play, “A Raisin in the Sun”. ... Carl and Nannie won an anti-segregation casein the Illinois Supreme Court, which Lorraine’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” was loosely based. ... Linder of “A Raision in the Sun” spoke to the Younger family in a condescending manner basically to tell they were not wanted in his primarily white neighborhood. ...
When “A Raisin in the Sun” met it’s initial success, it was the first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry was way ahead of her time. ... One reason Raisin was such a hit on Broadway was because not only did she depict the struggles of an average black family, but the value of dreams for all races.
Approximate Word count = 979
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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