Claudia McNeil

Features some of Hansberry's plays, speeches and interviews. A raisin in the sun: an emotionally lacerating landmark of modern American theatre. A play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. To be young, gifted and black: a glowing, vibrant, searing and, at the same...

Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.