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D.A. Dorsey: Miami’s 1st Black millionaire who owned Fisher Island, a wealthy community in U.S.

4 years

Dana Albert Dorsey started his journey with one lot on which he built housing, rented it and reinvested his earnings, repeating that over and over. In a matter of years, Dorsey, who worked as a carpenter, had amassed a real estate empire. He would become Miami’s first Black millionaire and a civic leader philanthropist in...

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