"A Raisin in the Sun" tells of a black family's (Walter, Beneatha, and Mama) experiences in "Clybourne Park", a fictionalized Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, as they attempt to "better" themselves with an insurance payout following the death of the father. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (aka "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes.