1. A Raisin in the Sun
By Lorraine Hansberry

2. 1950’s Chicago

3. Beneatha
Lena (Mama)
Ruth
Travis
The Younger Family
Walter

4. Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags Like a heavy load. Or does it explode.

5. The Great Migration

6. Sharecropping

7. Jim Crow Laws

8. Increased Racial Violence

9. Chicago Slum, 1950’s

10. Chicago Slum, 1950’s

11. De Jure Segregation
De Facto Segregation
Redlining

12. Beneatha
Lena (Mama)
Ruth
Travis
The Younger Family
Walter

13. Guys Beneatha is dating
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai

14. Big Walter

15. Mama (Lena) Younger (65)

16. Walter Younger (35)

17. Ruth Younger (Walter’s wife)

18. Travis Younger (Walter’s son, 11)

19. Beneatha Younger (Walter’s sister, 20)