29 Characters Mama - head of the household - no husband - Lena - buys a house with the insurance money Walter - Mama's son - chauffeur - loses money Ruth - wife of Walter - pregnant Benethea - single daughter of Mama: Walter's sister - wants to be a doctor Travis - son of Walter and Ruth Willy Harris - runs of with money Bobo- one who waits for Willy: other partner who loses his (and Walter's) money George Murchinson - one of Benethea's boyfriends - does not care about African heritage Joseph Asagai - student from Nigeria: Benethea's boyfriend Mr. Lindner - representative from Clybourne Park who tries to convince family not to move in •    Takes place in the 1950s on the south side of Chicago •    African American family •    All family members live in 1 bedroom apartment house with a shared bathroom •    Pre-Civil Rights movement; segregation •    Family dreams of freedom; something better   •    Epigraph- Langston Hughes’ Harlem- an epigraph is a quotation (or poem, in this case) at the beginning of a story that sets the tone and theme •    Deferred- put off until a later date; postponed