1. Lorraine Hansberry
English 9

2. Images

3. Background 1930-1965 Playwright, essayist, activist
Changed the face of American theater by, in the words of James Baldwin, “presenting the truth of black people’s lives on stage.”
Raisin in the Sun was 1959 Broadway hit. First play by an African American to win New York Drama Critics Circle Award
Journalist throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s
Accounts of civil rights struggles both in US and abroad

4. Timeline Challenge
I will give you a series questions you must answer on a separate piece of paper
Each group member must contribute at least once
When you answer a question successfully, you will receive a piece of the timeline
Once you get all the slips for Lorraine Hansberry’s timeline, you must put them up in order
First team to have all the slips and put them up in the correct order wins!