Hansberry, Lorraine

A three-act play concerned with the tensions in a middle-class African American family living on Chicago's Southside in the 1950s.

A play about a black family's struggle to buy a house in a white neighborhood, after the father dies. An insurance check can allow the Youngers to escape their frustrating life in a crowded Chicago apartment, but escape means different things to each family member. It deals with their attempt to maintain dignity, self-respect, and a sense of humanity.

Presents the original screenplay written by Lorraine Hansberry for the 1961 film version of her play about the tensions of a middle-class African-American family living on Chicago's southside in the 1950s; restoring parts that were edited out and rewritten before the movie was made.

A three-act play concerned with the tensions in a middle-class black family in Chicago.

A three-act play concerned with the tensions in a middle-class African American family living on Chicago's Southside in the 1950s.