A Raisin in the Sun In A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry depicts the obstacles that the Younger family and other African Americans faced and overcame during the post-Second World War World War. The obstacles that young people had to overcome were economic, moral, social and racist. Lorraine Hansberry, the playwright, also faced one of these issues growing up. Born in Chicago, in the south, in an all-black neighborhood, Lorraine Hansberry and her family had to face segregation. Having moved to a white neighborhood in Chicago, his family faced threats of violence and legal action. His father successfully argued the case all the way to the Supreme Court. (sparknotes1) Her parents were well known in national black culture and political circles, which likely inspired her to become a reporter and editor of the Freedom, a black newspaper in New York from 1950 to 1953. Hansberry recounts his life situations through his game by having the Younger family face a similar circumstance. In the play Lena Younger, better known as Mama, receives a check for $10,000 because her husband died. She decides to buy a house in ClybournePark, an all-white neighborhood. After discovering that a black family is moving to Clybourne, the so-called organizing committee sends a certain Mr. Lindner to welcome the young people. He d...