Chicago Sun-Times

Already under fire, the Chicago Police Department is facing more scrutiny after an officer fatally shot a woman and a man Saturday morning on the West Side of Chicago. This comes soon after a white officer was charged with murdering Laquan McDonald,17 years old, last year. The New York Times reports that officer were reporting to a domestic disturbance call the morning after Christmas around the 4700 block of West Erie Street. According to police reports, the officers were confronted by an individual

Travis, Static or Dynamic? In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, the Youngers are a poor African American family. The Youngers live in an apartment in south side Chicago. They get the chance to turn their deferred dreams into a reality when Mama receives a 10,000 dollar check from her husband's death. The youngest member of the family is Travis. Travis is the son of Ruth and Walter. He's mostly spoiled by his grandmother and he act very mischievous In the book. Travis is a static

Chicago is one of the few cities around the world that incorporates nature to its rich history of architecture fleets, which makes it a unique city. There are many magnificent architectural styles around the city, but we mainly focused on the Art Deco style. This trip truly incorporates a better understanding of how nature and Art Deco buildings around the Chicago land area tend to create a wonderful experience for the public. On this trip, I visited the Chicago River, NBC Tower, The 333 N Michigan

A Raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine was born in Chicago, Illinois where both of her parents were active in the black community. When young, she had big time social injustice names like Jesse Owens and Duke Ellington come to her house. “Her parents contributed large sums of money to the NAACP and the Urban League.” Lorraine and her family moved to a white neighborhood in Chicago and was attacked by the neighbors. Although they were attacked, the Hansberry family stayed

“A raisin in the sun” was written by Lorraine Hansberry. The play was not expected to do so well because it had one white cast member, an inexperienced director, and an untried playwright. Set in the south side of Chicago in the 1950s, the play begins in the morning in the Youngers apartment. Their apartment has two bedrooms, one for mama and Beneatha, and one for Ruth and Walter, while Walter’s son Travis sleeps on the couch in the living room. Ruth gets up first and talks and Walter and Travis

On May 19,1930 a set of events was set in motion that an inspiration and touching to many. May 19,1930 Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the youngest of four kids. Her parents were Nannie and Carl Augustus Hansberry.Nannie and Carl Hansberry were independent, politically active and Republican. Growing up she dealt with many problems involving her race, her family was victims of segregation. The effects of her childhood greatly affected how she went on about her life

Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago on May 19th 1930. Growing up in Chicago was an interesting experience. Her family was rich for a black family at the time. Due to this and the fact that they were living in the slums at the time, her father bought them a house in the white part of town. The neighbors attacked them and tried to get the Hansberry's to leave. When they didn’t a court ordered them to. Her father took the case to the supreme court. The case was called Hansberry v. Lee and the court

difference in her own life, as well as the lives of her audience through her portrayal of pre-civil rights. With this in mind, Lorraine Hansberry was a major author, playwright, and activist during the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a time of rebirth and renewal for the African American peoples. The African American peoples would express themselves through music, writing, and art all through an autobiographical standpoint. Because of the Harlem Renaissance, the African American society

Brooks was born June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas but her family moved to Chicago shortly after her birth, according to her biographer, Georg Kent (2). The Poetry Foundation biography of Gwendolyn Brooks says her father was a janitor who had dreamt of becoming a doctor and her mother was a schoolteacher and classically trained pianist (Halley). Both of her parents had dreamt about living the “American Dream” and both suffered hard times and disappointment instead. Brooks’ parents were very supportive of

world, on the theatrical stage. The great playwright’s life story began on May 19, 1930. Although born during a time of hardship introduced by the Great Depression, Hansberry grew up rather comfortably in a middle-class African-American family from the Southside of Chicago (“Lorraine”). Her father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, not only established Lake Street Bank, one of the first Chicago banks to solicit black patronage, but also established himself as a successful real-estate businessman (Jacobus