A play about racism, prejudice, segregation and African American identity in the 1950s. Walter Younger lives with his family of five in a two-room apartment in Chicago’s south side. Walter’s mother is waiting for ten thousand dollars from his father’s life insurance and Walter would like to use that money to open a liquor store. But his mother decides to use part of the money to buy a house in a white neighbourhood. The white neighbours in turn offer them money for not moving in.

Drama · United States · 1959