Dare To Dream What is the American dream? Is it liberty, life, and the pursuit of happiness, or is it merely about how much money can be acquired throughout a person's existence? A RAISIN IN THE SUN depicts the power of an African-American family in the 1950's who managed to stay united through the most trying of times. Surviving as an African-American in the 1950's was a feat in itself. Lorraine Hansberry did not sugar …showed first 75 words of 1434 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1434 total…an advocate for black American rights. A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1959) was the first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. "When Hansberry was a college student she had written: "We want to see film about people who live and work like everybody else, but who currently must battle fierce oppression to do so." ( ) The wonderful thing about that quote is the actuality that later on in life she did just that.