Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright, is born

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  A Raisin in the Sun: The Quest for the American Dream

  The play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is used as a focal point for discussion of "The American Dream" as students explore how the social, educational, economical and political climate of the 1950s affected African Americans' quest for the good life in the suburbs.

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