Reception, Silent Auction, & Theater

"A Raisin in the Sun"

Sponsored by Windermere Renaissance

"A Raisin in the Sun" debuted on Broadway in 1959.  The

title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream

Deferred") by Langston Hughes, where he asks, does a dream

deferred dry up "like a raisin in the sun"?

The play portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers,