On the 11th of March 1959 the play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry opened on Broadway. Lorraine Hansberry was the first black women to ever have a play on Broadway. The play was based on the poem featured below; which was recited at the start of every performance.
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Harlem
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Written by Langston Hughes
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