Notes
1 This question appears in the 1961 film adaptation but not in the original play.
2 Restrictive covenants was a housing law that confined blacks to low income areas and Mr. Hansberry challenged this law and practice at the local and Supreme Courts (Hansberry vs Lee)
3 Thirteenth Amendment according to the United States Constitution abolished slavery
4 Freedmen's Bureau was established by the government 1865 - 1877 to assist African Americans in improving quality of life.
5 Poll tax was implemented by some southern states to prevent or discourage blacks from voting, state officials realized that many blacks could not afford the tax so they would not be capable of voting under this law.
6 Restricted Covenant prohibited the purchase, lease or occupation by blacks in more desirable sections of the city.
7Redlining is the practice of denying financial services to poor minority neighborhoods.
8 Classic narrative realism refers to a style of film making which narratives are centered on one or more central character. When a plot is presented it is usually disrupted and is changed and resolved by the end of the film.
9Social Realism is used to describe visual and other realistic work that highlights everyday conditions of the working classes and the poor.
10 Genuine Realism is what technique Lorraine Hansberry uses to describes her play Raisin in the Sun, her goal was to depict life from a realistic perspective.
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