The play was based on the experiences of Lorraine’s father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, who was a successful real estate broker in Chicago. In 1938, ...

Lorraine’s father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, was a real-estate speculator and a proud race man. When Lorraine was seven years old, the family bought a house in a mostly white neighborhood.

Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist. Portrait of Carl Augustus Hansberry, Chicago real estate broker, entrepreneur, civic leader and father of playwright Lorraine ...

Carl Augustus Hansberry’s act of rebellion had a lot to do with a subsequent 1940 Supreme Court decision involving a covenant restricting Black families from purchasing or leasing land in a ...

Her father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, made his fortune in real estate. ... Hansberry’s public accomplishments are easily accessed. But Strain’s emphasis on Hansberry’s interior world, ...

May 19, 1930 — Lorraine Vivian Hansberry is born to Carl Augustus Hansberry, Sr. and Nannie Louise Hansberry in Chicago, Illinois.. 1937 — Carl moves his family to a home in the Woodlawn ...

Lorraine’s father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, was a real-estate speculator and a proud race man. When Lorraine was seven years old, the family bought a house in a mostly white neighborhood.

She was the daughter of Carl Augustus Hansberry, who challenged racially restrictive covenants that barred Blacks from buying or leasing property in a Chicago neighborhood, in the landmark 1940 ...

Her father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, won his case before the Supreme Court in 1940. IF YOU GO 'A Raisin in the Sun' When: Opens 7:30 p.m. Friday.