A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that chronicles the struggles of the Younger family, a Black working-class family in 1950s Chicago, as they deal with racism, poverty, and their differing dreams after receiving a $10,000 insurance check. The play, known for its realistic portrayal of the African American experience and its exploration of the American Dream, takes its title from Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem”, posing the question, “What happens to a dream deferred?”
