Author Facts Biography About the Author Playwright Lorraine Hansberry by David Bianco. This article stresses the fact that Ms. Hansberry was a lesbian. Mama finds a nice, clean, well-built house in a white neighborhood and uses her deceased husband's insurance money to make a down payment. Each family member seems to have a different dream, but each yearns to satisfy a longing of the human spirit that dwells within. We believe this play expresses a vital and timeless message for all people to hear and feel.
All human beings hope to achieve the best quality of life for their families.
Peace, love and brotherhood are nice ideas to talk about, but we must be willing to walk the walk for any real and lasting change to occur. The Younger family includes Mama, Walter and Ruth, Beneatha and Travis. Walter, her son, feels his manhood and dreams are slipping away through a dead-end job and a restrictive family role. Beneatha is Mama's daughter who aspires to be a doctor. She is fiercely proud, assertive and ambitious, proud of her African heritage and believing it important to preserve, a new idea for African American women in 1959 society.