Read pages 5-9 by yourself.
As you read make note of any vocabulary words you do not know and the page that it falls on your post-it.
On a sheet of lined paper answer the following text-based questions:
1) Describe the importance of the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry to American culture.
2) Explain the need to cut several scenes from the play.
3) Describe how these cuts affected the overall meaning of the play.
4) What did James Baldwin mean when he wrote that "Americans suffer from an ignorance that is not only colossal, but sacred" (8)? How does this relate to the play?
IF YOU HAVE TIME, CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE UNTIL IT IS COMPLETE. WE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW...
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