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Learn how Jim Crow laws impacted home ownership and the pursuit of the American Dream in this series of videos from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Lorraine Hansberry's family was at the forefront of fighting segregation in Chicago in the 1940s, even taking the fight all the way to the Supreme Court. Hansberry's famous play, A Raisin in the Sun, continues the legacy of her parents by using literature to take a stand against racial inequality and injustice.
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"a raisin in the sun" by lorraine hansberry, a raisin in the sun: the hansberrys, a raisin in the sun: the youngers, pbs learningmedia, pbs: l. hansberry: a raisin in the sun: jim crow, home ownership, american dream, how jim crow laws impacted home ownership, pursuit of the american dream, racial inequality and injustice
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