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