Episode 7, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

The Beautiful and Banned

Christine tells Jessica about A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and they geek out about Hansberry's genius and the way she manages to write about so many core issues of her time in one single play, which would later be banned.
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Links to episode 7 quotations and further reading:

• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
• The history of redlining in the US
• A graphic showing the detailed sections of Chicago undergoing redlining
• The Supreme Court case of Hansberry v. Lee
• The excellent documentary about redlining and its effects in Texas that Jessica mentioned: "A Legacy Unearthed," produced and directed by Alisha Janette Taylor