Carl A. Hansberry

CTL-E-1169 · Person · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

Prominent Black Chicago real-estate broker whose 1937 purchase of a covenanted home led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee (1940); father of playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BCI-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BCI-001:hansberry-carl; source research type(s): person. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Capital University Law Review — 'Crossing Two Color Lines: Interracial Marriage and Residential Segregation in Chicago' (c. 2017)
Capital University Law Review (c. 2017)

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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