"Conditions were so dangerous that Hansberry’s mother, Nannie Perry Hansberry, patrolled the house at night with a 'German luger' to protect her four children. Carl Hansberry joined forces with the NAACP to mount a legal challenge against the restrictive racial covenant, spending a small fortune in the process."
Bryan Gilmore on The Root reveals the case that inspired Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun.
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