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In 1897, Dorsey joined 15 prominent Black men to form the American Negro Historical Society. Other members included Robert Adger member of the Banneker Institute, and Henry L. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Crucifixion. The goal: to preserve the history of Black Americans.
“These men realized Black people were being erased from the cannon,” Quinones said, referring to Henry Simpson’s 1859 text The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. “That book did not include information about Mother Bethel founder, Richard Allen or sailmaker and Revolutionary War hero, James Forten.”
Dorsey served as the ANHS’s curator in its early years. Philadelphian and bibliophile Leon Gardiner, was its steward through the early 1900s. In 1934 Gardiner donated the Leon Gardiner Collection to the Historical Society. Today Dorsey’s scrapbooks belong to Cheyney University, but are housed at Penn State. A third grouping of the ANHS collection lives at Wellesley College.
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Come to think of it, we both live just off Route 1! 
from ca. 1300 miles up the street
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I was intrigued by this bit (my emphasis).
I’ve never really imagined any other kind of presidency, so this was interesting to me. Was it that different before, but JFK was the first to understand TV? Or was it really a different approach?
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practically neighbors!
edit:
how many highways in or out of the keys?
just the one.
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I love how they always dress up for their videos!
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The remains found in the Octagon Tomb of Ephesus are revealed not to be Cleopatra’s sister but a 14-year-old boy
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This profile of Perle Mesta, her influence, and the backlash she faced was an eye-opener:
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He is delightful! Funny and warm, as is the subject of the video. I was zero percent surprised to find out the Benjamin Lay was a Quaker.
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Indeed! He’s right that there needs to be a movie about Lay!
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Peter Dinklage?
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How appropriate, considering i just posted this earlier. His ghost must be pleased
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