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      • Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun in 1959, during a time of significant social and political change in the United States. The play reflects the experiences and aspirations of African Americans during the era of the Civil Rights Movement and explores themes of racial discrimination, identity, and the pursuit of the American Dream.
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  2. In 1961, a film version of A Raisin in the Sun was released featuring its original Broadway cast of Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett Jr. and John Fiedler. Hansberry wrote the screenplay, and the film was directed by Daniel Petrie.

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  3. Oct 7, 2024 · A Raisin in the Sun is a drama in three acts by Lorraine Hansberry, first published and produced in 1959. The play’s title is taken from ‘Harlem,’ a poem by Langston Hughes. The play is a penetrating psychological study of a working-class Black family on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s.

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  4. Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun in 1959, during a time of significant social and political change in the United States. The play reflects the experiences and aspirations of African Americans during the era of the Civil Rights Movement and explores themes of racial discrimination, identity, and the pursuit of the American Dream.

  5. Jan 29, 2021 · Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) wrote A Raisin in the Sun using inspiration from her years growing up in the segregated South Side of Chicago. Her father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, was a crusader...

  6. Oct 21, 2024 · The two-year anniversary of Hansberry’s death is commemorated with a seven-hour radio documentary called Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, produced by Nemiroff with recorded performances by 61 of America’s greatest actors.

  7. Important information about Lorraine Hansberry's background, historical events that influenced A Raisin in the Sun, and the main ideas within the work.

  8. A list of important facts about Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, including setting, climax, protagonists, and antagonists.

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