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Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun chronicles the efforts of an African American family to move out of the ______ to a better neighborhood.
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun chronicles the efforts of an African American family to move out of the ______ to a better neighborhood.
ghetto
The play is set sometime between 1945 and 1959, and illustrates many of the conflicts that surrounded the questions of ______ and housing during this period in Chicago.
The play is set sometime between 1945 and 1959, and illustrates many of the conflicts that surrounded the questions of ______ and housing during this period in Chicago.
race
Although less well known than The Great Migration of 1910-1930, when large numbers of African Americans first moved to Chicago from the South, the period of 1940-1960 actually saw more African Americans arrive in the city, owing to such factors as the availability of industrial jobs during World War II and the collapse of the Southern ______ system.
Although less well known than The Great Migration of 1910-1930, when large numbers of African Americans first moved to Chicago from the South, the period of 1940-1960 actually saw more African Americans arrive in the city, owing to such factors as the availability of industrial jobs during World War II and the collapse of the Southern ______ system.
share-cropping
The housing market in Chicago was tight even before the end of World War II when veterans returned in need of ______.
The housing market in Chicago was tight even before the end of World War II when veterans returned in need of ______.
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African Americans were primarily limited to an area of Chicago known as the ______ Belt, which was located between 12th and 79th streets.
African Americans were primarily limited to an area of Chicago known as the ______ Belt, which was located between 12th and 79th streets.
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