The late 1950s—the temporal setting of Raisin—is the period in which the modern Civil Rights movement in America achieved irreversible
The late 1950s—the temporal setting of Raisin—is the period in which the modern Civil Rights movement in America achieved irreversible momentum. The Supreme Court has declared school segregation unconstitutional (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, 1954), and the states are moving, albeit slowly, to comply. Rosa Parks has refused to move to the back of the bus. A young, relatively unknown minister [MLK] has come to Montgomery, Alabama to lead a boycott of public transportation.
The great societal transformation ignited by the modern Civil Rights movement, a full century after the Civil War, a movement that would bring about profound changes in every aspect of American culture, is just beginning. It is, simultaneously, an exciting and terrifying time for African-Americans. This is the social and cultural backdrop for Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun.
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