CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE: THE 1950S IS A TIME OF UNREST

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CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE: THE 1950S IS A TIME OF UNREST 1953-1956: Author Lorraine Hansberry works on A Raisin in the Sun,” originally titled, “Crystal Stair” 1955: Rosa Parks Murder of Emmitt Till Montgomery Bus Boycott 1957: Little Rock High School – First black students try to integrate 1954 1955 1956 1957 1950s 1959 1954: Brown V Board of Education: Landmark “Separate But Equal” Segregation in the Schools Case 1956: Bombings: Martin Luther King’s Home 4 Black Churches A Raisin in the Sun opens on Broadway March 11, 1959 HOW DID THIS ERA OF BLACK STRUGGLE AFFECT THE WRITINGS OF LORRAINE HANSBERRY?