A Raisin in the Sun and the Civil Rights Movement

Jordan Rodriguez

Objective: To show the similarities of the 1960’s and A Raisin in the Sun, while including personal relations.

Martin Luther King Jr.◦ Baptist minister◦ Leader of SCLC◦ Believed in nonviolence◦ Montgomery Bus Boycott◦ Nobel Peace Prize for efforts

Jesse Jackson◦ Baptist minister◦ Member of SCLC◦ Loyal follower of MLK◦ Led many protests

Civil Rights leaders from the 1960s

Leaders fought for equality like characters in play

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)◦ Led by Martin Luther King Jr. & Ralph Abernathy◦ Worked for civil rights through non-violence◦ Helped pass 1965 Voting Rights Act

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)◦ Led by John Lewis & Stokely Carmichael ◦ Fought segregation through direct action◦ Helped register voters during Freedom Summer

Civil Rights groups

My CulturePuerto Rican

•Eat meals/listen to music•Father celebrates holidays•View myself as Puerto Rican•Raised more in this background•Spanish spoken sometimes

Polish

•Don’t partake in customs•Never taught about this side•Not a factor in my life•Assimilation

Play•Assimilation: Like George/Youngers besides Bennie•Interested in culture: Like Bennie/Asagai

Want to graduate college with a degree◦ Motivated by family◦ For good future

Want to be an influential figure◦ Be remembered for doing something major◦ Influence people to make their own mark

Want to be a professional athlete◦ Childhood dream◦ Make younger generations inspired

Play:◦ Bennie-become doctor, go to medical school◦ Mama-move into house◦ Walter-own liquor store

My goals and dreams

Conclusion

•Dreams: Never lose hope, fight to achieve them

•Equality: People should be equal

•Pride: Remember to always have it, make people proud

•Personality: affects people’s actions/lives