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===Welcome to our //Raisin// wikispace. Here you will investigate the themes and issues portrayed in //A Raisin in the Sun. A Raisin in the Sun// (1959) is Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama about a family struggling to achieve it's dreams. The first play by an African American to receive a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, it helped create an audience for black drama and opened doors for a generation of black playwrights, actors, and filmmakers.=== ===//A Raisin in the Sun// is a realistic work that contains some derogatory language and explains the sensitive subjects of racism, cultural assimilationism, and abortion. in a modern context. You will also have a change to explore aspects of the historical and rhetorical context from which this play was written. The purpose of this space is to deepen students' understanding of the issues surrounding this momentous drama*.=== ===I encourage you to read all that is here and add to those pages that greatly interest you. I have included on this Home page a link to a [|Raisin study guide]. Feel free to use this guide while we read the play and while you help build this wikispace.===

(*) The description for this page was taken from Glencoe's Literature Library Study Guide, //A Raisin in the Sun//. ||
 * **Act 1, Scene 1** || **Act 1, Scene 2 ** || **Act 2, Scene 1 ** || //**Act 2, Scene 2 **// || **Act 2 Scene 3 ** || //**Act 3 **// ||
 * Dejin Ali || Allen Allosh || Brian Armstrong || Gaby Calixto || Dulce Camacho ||  Sonia Ibarra ||
 * Yvette Cota || Deanna Elias || Mirna Fatho || <span class="wiki_link">Alissa Garcia || <span class="wiki_link">Stephani Whitehouse || <span class="wiki_link">Ary Jarjis ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Heather Kidd || <span class="wiki_link">Ashley Konig || <span class="wiki_link">Tymy Maclean || <span class="wiki_link">Alicia McDaniel || <span class="wiki_link">Morena Mekho || <span class="wiki_link">Zack Miller ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Melissa Ortega || <span class="wiki_link">Tanya Pineda || <span class="wiki_link">Rachelle Plaisted || <span class="wiki_link">Karen Quinonez || <span class="wiki_link">Guillermo Reyes || <span class="wiki_link">Melissa Richardson ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Bridget Rios || <span class="wiki_link"> Lauren Tafoya || <span class="wiki_link">Aveen Saleh || <span class="wiki_link">Adrianne Sanchez || <span class="wiki_link">Samantha Sanchez || <span class="wiki_link">Nancy Shamon ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Abigail Ruiz || <span class="wiki_link">Steven Tellez || <span class="wiki_link">Keanu Wagner || <span class="wiki_link">Sanders Camp || Meshva Jariwala || Sonia De La Mora ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Dejin Ali ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Allen Allosh ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Brian Armstrong ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Gaby Calixto ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Dulce Camacho ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Sanders Camp ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Yvette Cota ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Deanna Elias ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Mirna Fatho ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Alissa Garcia ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Sonia Ibarra ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Ary Jarjis ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Heather Kidd ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Ashley Konig ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Tymy Maclean ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Alicia McDaniel ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Morena Mekho ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Zack Miller ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Melissa Ortega ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Tanya Pineda ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Rachelle Plaisted ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Karen Quinonez ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Guillermo Reyes ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Melissa Richardson ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Bridget Rios ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Abigail Ruiz ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Aveen Saleh ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Adrianne Sanchez ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Samantha Sanchez ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Nancy Shamon ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Lauren Tafoya ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Steven Tellez ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Keanu Wagner ||
 * <span class="wiki_link">Stephani Whitehouse
 * Meshva ||
 * Sonia De La Mora ||
 * Meshva Jariwala ||