Lorraine Hansberry Outline
During Lorraine Hansberry’s life her and her family encountered lots a rascism. This is because of the racial history not only found where she grew up in Chicago but across America during the1950’s. But through all of the hardships in her life she was still able to come out on top and become a groundbreaking playwright.
In Chicago, On May 19, 1930 Lorraine Hansberry was born. Here she would grow up with segregation despite the family's middle class status. In conflict with segregation her family decided to move into a restricted neighborhood that prohibited African Americans. They were able to do this despite the covenants that white property owners agreed to not sell to African Americans. When the family moved in they were threatened by a white mob and had a brick thrown through their window nearly missing Lorraine. The Supreme court of Illinois later ruled in favor of the covenants and forced to Hansberry’s to move from their home. The Supreme court then reversed its decision on a technicality this leading to thirty blocks of south side Chicago to be open to African Americans. …show more content…
Hansberry did this by becoming the first African American Woman to become a playwright. She then was the youngest american to be awarded a New York Critics’ Circle award. She was able to accomplish these things through the creation of her play “A Raisin in the Sun.” The play was about a struggling Black family, loosely based on events that also happened in her own life.
In conclusion, Lorraine Hansberry experienced racism in her live, in her home town of Chicago. Her family then challenged the segregation rules in chicago and in the end won. The inequality that african Americans had lead to protest and the inspiration for the Hansberry family to take stand. Then despite the racism she experienced in her life she was able to become to first African American playwright and the youngest american the win a Circle
In Chicago, On May 19, 1930 Lorraine Hansberry was born. Here she would grow up with segregation despite the family's middle class status. In conflict with segregation her family decided to move into a restricted neighborhood that prohibited African Americans. They were able to do this despite the covenants that white property owners agreed to not sell to African Americans. When the family moved in they were threatened by a white mob and had a brick thrown through their window nearly missing Lorraine. The Supreme court of Illinois later ruled in favor of the covenants and forced to Hansberry’s to move from their home. The Supreme court then reversed its decision on a technicality this leading to thirty blocks of south side Chicago to be open to African Americans. …show more content…
Hansberry did this by becoming the first African American Woman to become a playwright. She then was the youngest american to be awarded a New York Critics’ Circle award. She was able to accomplish these things through the creation of her play “A Raisin in the Sun.” The play was about a struggling Black family, loosely based on events that also happened in her own life.
In conclusion, Lorraine Hansberry experienced racism in her live, in her home town of Chicago. Her family then challenged the segregation rules in chicago and in the end won. The inequality that african Americans had lead to protest and the inspiration for the Hansberry family to take stand. Then despite the racism she experienced in her life she was able to become to first African American playwright and the youngest american the win a Circle