Anna M. Lee

CTL-E-3954 · Person · other · 1930s–1940s

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

White signatory of the Washington Park Subdivision restrictive covenant who sued to enforce it and void Carl Hansberry's 1937 purchase; the named opposing party in Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940).

Notes

RELP90 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean.

Relationships

Carl A. Hansberry — related to
Anna M. Lee sued to void Carl Hansberry's 1937 home purchase, making her the named opposing party in Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940).
Washington Park — associated with
Lee sued to enforce the racially restrictive covenant covering Chicago's Washington Park Subdivision, the covenant at issue in Hansberry v. Lee.

Sources

Black Art Story - Hansberry v. Lee
Wikipedia - Hansberry v. Lee

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

Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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