Hansberry may refer to:
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Carl Augustus Hansberry
Carl Augustus Hansberry (April 30, 1895 – March 17, 1946) was an American real estate broker and political activist, and was plaintiff in the 1940 Supreme Court decision ''Hansberry v. Lee''. He was also the father of award-winning playwright Lor ...
(1895–1946), American real estate broker and political activist
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Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play ''A Raisin in the Sun'', highlig ...
, American playwright, author of ''A Raisin in the Sun,'' the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway
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Hansberry v. Lee __NOTOC__
''Hansberry v. Lee'', 311 U.S. 32 (1940), is a famous and commonly-used case in civil procedure classes for teaching that ''res judicata'' does not apply to an individual whose interests were not adequately represented in a prior class ac ...
'', a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court decision that dealt with a racially restrictive covenant
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