| 1872/00/00 |
Dana Albert Dorsey, first child in his family not be born into slavery, is born in Quitman, Georgia. The son of former slaves, Dana will go on to receive only a fourth-grade education. |
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Quitman, GA |
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| 1900/00/00 |
Mr Dorsey takes advantage of Henry Flagler's land sales and buys $25 lots, one at a time, in Colored Town near the Seaboard Station and Coconut Grove. Building shotgun style rental homes with scrap lumber, he reinvest his profits by building more. |
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| 1913/00/00 |
Dana A Dorsey designs and builds a frame Vernacular home for his new bride, Rebecca Livingston. |
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D A Dorsey House |
Miami, Fl |
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| 1917/00/00 |
During the era of segregation, Dana and his wife Rebecca sell a block of land to the City of Miami for a park for African-Americans. Dorsey Park is located on NW 17th St and 1st Ave. |
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| 1917/04/06 |
After America joins the Great War, Dana Dorsey becomes the registrar for "colored" men in Dade County. |
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| 1918/00/00 |
Dana Dorsey buys Fisher Island from Herman B Walker to develop an upscale black resort with a hotel and cottages for well-to-do men of his own race. |
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Miami Beach, Fl |
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| 1919/00/00 |
Dana Dorsey sells Fisher Island, a barrier island located just south of Miami Beach, to Carl G Fisher. |
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Miami Beach, Fl |
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| 1940/00/00 |
Dana A Dorsey dies in 1940. Flags all over Miami are lowered to half-staff. |
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| 1941/08/13 |
The Dorsey Memorial Library in Miami opens, built on land donated by Dana Dorsey shortly before his death. |
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