Background on the Playwright
Directions: Go through the BlendSpace lesson below and answer the following questions:
Directions: Go through the BlendSpace lesson below listen to the audio and read the articles; then answer the following questions:
1. What are some things mentioned in the readings and in the NPR audio piece that you would like to know more about so that you may better understand the play and its historical context?
2. What was Lorraine's life like growing up?
3. What events in her live may have inspired her to write a play about a black family's struggle to buy a house in a "nicer" neighborhood in the 1950s?
4.Based on the readings and audio, what things were important to Hansberry?
5. If Hansberry were alive today, what causes might she support and what causes might she oppose?