Dana Albert Dorsey was a businessman, banker and philanthropist who is as notable as one of the first Black millionaires in Florida and the American South.
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida East Coast Railway | 1896 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 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. | Born | Quitman, GA | Georgia | |||
| 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. | Business | Overtown | ||||
| 1913/00/00 | Dana A Dorsey designs and builds a frame Vernacular home for his new bride, Rebecca Livingston. | Home | D A Dorsey House | Miami, Fl | |||
| 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. | Benefactor | |||||
| 1917/04/06 | After America joins the Great War, Dana Dorsey becomes the registrar for "colored" men in Dade County. | Work | |||||
| 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. | Business | Miami Beach, Fl | Florida | |||
| 1919/00/00 | Dana Dorsey sells Fisher Island, a barrier island located just south of Miami Beach, to Carl G Fisher. | Business | Miami Beach, Fl | Florida | |||
| 1940/00/00 | Dana A Dorsey dies in 1940. Flags all over Miami are lowered to half-staff. | Died | |||||
| 1941/08/13 | The Dorsey Memorial Library in Miami opens, built on land donated by Dana Dorsey shortly before his death. | Benefactor |
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