Lorraine Hansberry (The Sixties in America)
Early Life
Although born on the Southside of Chicago and surrounded by the poverty of the black ghetto, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry, nevertheless, had a privileged upbringing. Her father, a successful property owner, and her mother, a trained teacher, nurtured a home life rich with books and an appreciation of learning. However, the cruel fact of racism was early ingrained in her when her father sought to move his family into a predominately white neighborhood. They met with intense and often violent white resistance, forcing her father to fight a winning case before the Supreme...
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