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Calculating for inflation, what would $10,000 in 1950 be equal to in 2014?

$98,749.58

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2. What is a theme statement you would expect L. Hansberry to make through this play based on your research (make sure you tell why)?
Cite specific parts of this webquest that helped you come up with your answer.

African Americans are mistreated, even though they are just like everyone else.

I believe that she would say that because she was obviously an activist for equal rights, based on her biography. I know that she would say that the conditions of African Americans were not fair at the time based in the black belt article, and how hard everyone had to work to get the Fair Housing Act passed.

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Read the article about the original Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun. Explain why/how the play broke new ground in theater. (The video clip just gives a brief overview/preview of the original film version)

The play was the first one on broadway to be written by an African American woman. It was also the first broadway show to be directed by an African American man, and it was the longest running African American play.

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Identify what might have inspired her to write A Raisin in the Sun.

The face that Lorraine Hansberry had a grandmother that was a slave probably inspired her to write the play because she probably had a hard life. What also probably inspired her was all of the tensions between the races in the time.

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Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun made her the first African-American woman to produce a drama on Broadway. Her writing and her involvement in civil and gay rights made her a legend. Find out what inspired Hansberry, on Biography.com.

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A Raisin in the Sun took place during the 1950s. List and explain three things which were occurring in civil rights history during this time period.

1.) Rosa Parks was asked to give up her bus seat because she was black, and she refused to.
2.) The Little Rock Nine were blocked from entering a school.
3.) The Greensboro boys were refused service at a diner, and they had a sit in.

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Key moments in the civil rights movement, including Supreme Court cases, legislation and more.

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Based on the maps, what do you notice about Chicago's black population between 1960-2009?

The areas in the 1960's that had lot of African Americans, have a a lot of African Americans now, the areas have just grown.

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Read the first four paragraphs of the article “History of Fair Housing.” How did Dr. King ultimately help push the Fair Housing Act through Congress?

Dr.King was a key figure in the Civil Rights movement, and the President at the time, Lyndon Johnson, thought that passing the Fair Housing Act would be a good memorial for Dr. King because of all the good work he did.

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What is this describing? why might it be significant?

It seems like the black belt was where all of the lacks were forced to live because those were the only places they were not protested against and could afford. It is significant because it cause blacks to not be able to accomplish the American dream, and it shows the divides of society.