“Life, liberty and property”. A component of the Colonial Bill of Rights, a resolution of the First Continental Congress, this phrase may have been integral to our Constitution's definition of unalienable rights. “Property” was replaced with “the pursuit of happiness” because our founding fathers knew of the adversities that stood between the path of people and that of property at that time. For many generations of people over the years, ownership – or even more so the lack and struggle for – has not been conducive to the pursuit of happiness. The American dream is less fulfilled without the house with a white picket fence. Imitating her upbringing, Lorraine Hansberry details her own deferred dreams in her play, A Raisin in the Sun, through the convolution of the American Dream, the prioritization of its aspects, and the resounding consequences of the selfish mutilation of the American Dream. own life, we see his dreams deferred. The title of his book, A Raisin in the Sun, is taken from a poem by Langston Hughes called Harlem or Dream Deferred. Specifically, to answer the question “What happens to a dream deferred”?, does his book's namesake come from the following line “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun”? This relates to Hansberry's life which can be seen in the Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee holding that "Res judicata will not preclude a plaintiff who was not a party to a prior class action on the same issue" (Hansberry v. Lee). Professor Allen R. Kamp of John Marshall Law School explains that "Hansberry" in Hansberry v. Lee is Lorraine Hansberry's father and that A Raisin in the Sun was based on his family's (Kamp) experience. His family bought and moved into a...paper center......and people like the Hansberrys were often turned down in terms of housing. In the story, however, the deposit has already been paid and it appears that the Youngers are about to move, prompting the buyout offer. Those who put off Hansberry's dream of owning a home were rejected by the Youngers in A Raisin in the Sun. Walter never got his own liquor store. Bensaada never received a cent for his education. In reality, all three parties could have diverted funds towards their future dreams, but selfishness only allowed a house to be purchased in the end. Lorraine Hansberry tells us about her struggles through this story and warns us not to destroy other people's dreams in an attempt to realize our own. South Park Way, one of the areas previously covered by the racially restrictive covenant, is now called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.