Wednesday Feb 27th--Meet in Siegler Hall at 10am---EXTRA CREDIT CHANCE! Freedom Riders

Hello Class,

We will meet in Siegler Hall for class tomorrow at 10am. Bring your papers and you will have the chance to write a one page reaction paper to whatever portion of the film you see.

Below is the information the college sent me about it:

See you there

Dear College Family,

The Social Justice Film Series presents Freedom Riders on Wednesday, February 27 at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:50 p.m., and 6:40 p.m. in Siegler Hall. These are free showings of the powerful documentary that tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement’s protest campaign against segregation in interstate bus travel. Individuals, classes and groups are welcome. Directed by Stanley Nelson.

Watch the trailer here:​ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558952/videoplayer/vi1868171033?ref_=vp_pl_1

There is Class Today! Wednesday Feb 20

There is Class Today! Wednesday Feb 20

We will finish the film

Tuesday Feb 19–No Class

No Class tomorrow Tuesday Feb 19

We will finish the film on Thursday.

More on A Raisin in the Sun

Background Info on the play:

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/article/lorraine-hansberrys-a-raisin-in-the-sun

https://theundefeated.com/features/new-documentary-lorraine-hansberry-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun-one-tough-minded-woman/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1959/05/09/playwright

https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/lorraine-hansberry-review-superb-portrait-of-important-playwright-activist-1.16239285

Hansberry on Writing the Play:

https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hans17-ela-writing/lorraine-hansberry-a-raisin-in-the-sun-hansberrys-writing-process/#.WoGoha6nG70

A Raisin in the Sun

Stories about inspiration for the play:

https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2018/01/18/lorraine-hansberry

http://www.playbill.com/article/lorraine-hansberry-documentary-will-air-on-pbs-in-january


Link to "Harlem" poem:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem

Below are links that would function as strong outside sources:

http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/araisininthesun/historicalcontext.html

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/36902365/somewhat-like-war-aesthetics-segregation-black-liberation-and-raisin-sunhttp://lifeofannekathrin.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/race-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun.pdf

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=45950

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=62331

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/arts/television/lorraine-hansberry-sighted-eyes-feeling-heart.html

You can look through these links to see if any may be useful for your paper:

https://www.google.com/#q=a+raisin+in+the+sun+scholarly+articles

this link will explain how to quote and cite a play in your paper:
http://libguides.pstcc.edu/content.php?pid=24540&sid=1751573

American Dream:

https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/raisin-sun-quest-american-dream

https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/A-Raisin-in-the-Sun/A-Dream-Realized-Hansberrys-iA-Raisin-In-The-Suni/

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2014/12/10/many-feel-the-american-dream-is-out-of-reach-poll-shows/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=aut&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0&referrer


Women in the play:

http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol01/10/04.pdf

http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=undergrad_rev

Some Important Quotes from the play:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/blog/eight-haunting-quotes-raisin-sun/