A Raisin In The Sun

By robertseckler

  • Plessy Vs. Furgeson

    Plessy Vs. Furgeson
    This landmark Supreme Court decision holds that racial segregation is constitutional, paving the way for the repressive Jim Crow laws in the South.

  • Niagara Movement Formation

    Niagara Movement Formation
    W.E.B. DuBois founds the Niagara movement, a forerunner to the NAACP. The movement is formed in part as a protest to Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation to white society; the Niagara movement embraces a more radical approach, calling for immediate equality in all areas of American life.

  • NAACP founded

    NAACP founded
    W.E.B. DuBois founds the Niagara movement, a forerunner to the NAACP. The movement is formed in part as a protest to Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation to white society; the Niagara movement embraces a more radical approach, calling for immediate equality in all areas of American life.

  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance flourishes in the 1920s and 1930s. This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fosters a new black cultural identity.

  • Lorrainne Hansberry is born

  • Brown Vs. Board of Education

    Brown Vs. Board of Education
    Brown v. Boardof Education of Topeka, Kans. declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional (May 17).

  • Lorrainne Hansberry died