William Leo Hansberry
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William Leo Hansberry was an American scholar, lecturer and pioneering Afrocentrist. He was the older brother of real estate broker Carl Augustus Hansberry, uncle of award-winning playwright Lorraine
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Carl Augustus Hansberry
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Carl Augustus Hansberry was an American real estate broker and political activist who was the plaintiff in the 1940 Supreme Court decision Hansberry v. Lee. He was also the father of playwright Lorrai
William Leo Hansberry
…February 25, 1894 – November 3, 1965) was an American scholar, lecturer and pioneering Afrocentrist. He was the older brother of real estate broker Carl Augustus Hansberry, uncle of award-winning playwright Lorraine Hansberry and great-granduncle of actress Taye Hansberry. Hansberry was born on February 25, 1894, in…
Hansberry in 1940