Lorraine Hansberry

Robert Stepto’s From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative (1979) provides a thorough analysis of canonical texts across multiple generations of African-American literature, including, but not limited to, the works of: Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, and Richard Wright. His analysis, which serves as the foundation for scholars of African-American literature such as Lawrence Rodgers and Farah Jasmine Griffin, provides insight to the narratives of personal quests for freedom and…

African American literature has been sustained by the work of Black women. Their works have center the Black community and the era they were in. From Phyllis Wheatley in the slavery and freedom era to Lorraine Hansberry during the Civil Rights Movement, Black women have a significant role in the literature of the time. As the United States transitioned into the 1970s, a new wave African American literature was born: the Black Women’s Literary Renaissance. Wanting to alter the depictions of Black…

As Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In his letter, King described his tactics for the Civil Rights movement in the Southern United States, where he believed a great injustice was occurring. However, different geographic regions of the US suffered from different types of racism; some places, such as Chicago, were plagued with less structural forms of racism, particularly in comparison with the Jim Crow…

's the Civil Rights Movement was progressing which was causing divisions within American society especially economically. Throughout American history there has been a battle against racism. With the way society was it influenced the writer, Lorraine Hansberry, to make the play " A Raisin in the Sun." The play 's message is it shows that even when society is making it difficult, there is still hope and you just have to show them you are not going to put up with being treated differently. In…

What does racism mean? Does it mean calling a Mexican a beaner, or telling an Asian that he has to be a doctor because of his bloodline? In the dictionary it says that, “a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.” This “belief” is wrong and it can be found in many places. Racism has weaved a path through American history, and it still hasn’t be resolved. We found this affects…

The race that never seems to end; it’s racism. Racism is the belief that one race is superior to the others and puts those races down to boost their own races upward. The issue is sadly common in the world and it seems to have no signs of stopping anytime soon. When thought of individuals usually jump to the now and still classic case of the white Americans versus the black American. This form was instituted for years in America with Jim Crow laws and Black Codes the suppress the newly freed…

the Mountain (1953) Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream” Malcolm X (1925-1965), The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1964) which was told to Alex Haley, writer of Roots (1976) Leroy Jones (1934- ), a poet Black Women Writers Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)’s play A Raisin in the Sun (1959) Alice Walker (1944- ), The Color Purple (1982) Toni Morrison (1931- ) who won the Nobel Prize in 1993, The Bluest Eye (1970), Song of Solomon (1977), Beloved (1987) Jewish American Writers…