Anna Johnson Dupree (1891–1977), businesswoman and philanthropist, was born on November 27, 1891, in Carthage, Texas, the oldest of Lee and Eliza Johnson's six children. As the great-grandchild of a slaveholder and the grandchild of former slaves, she was moved by the stories of slavery she heard from her grandparents to desire to improve the lives of Blacks. In 1914 she married Clarence A. Dupree, a native of Plaquemine, Louisiana. Two years later the Dupree’s moved to Houston, where he worked as a porter at the Old Brazos Hotel and she became a beautician at the Ladies Beauty Shop.

The Dupree Legacy