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William Henry Dorsey was an information hoarder. An African American of means who lived in 19th-century Philadelphia, Dorsey suffered from a “malady” that afflicted others of his era: archive fever. He spent much of his long life he was born in 1837 and died in 1923 clipping newspaper articles and pasting them into one or another of nearly 400 scrapbooks, organized by topic.
Dorsey’s scrapbooks represent a bricolage of one man’s far-ranging interest in African American history and culture. He clipped articles mainly from northern newspapers, Black and white, including some extremely rare publications. The scrapbooks hold articles on Black emigration schemes, fraternal orders, actors, and centenarians who lived through slavery. Dorsey devoted one scrapbook to an 1881 North Carolina convention of Black Republicans, one of many such gatherings at which African Americans envisioned post-emancipation political futures. He devoted another scrapbook to lynchings,
well, a very, very heavy heavy tonight. we had a very let s go now serene branson is speaking out about just what happened that night, and what doctors say may have caused it. she joins us in the studio this morning for her first live interview early this friday morning for her first live interview early this friday morning, february 18th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good morning, i m erica hill along with chris wragge. yes, we re watching protests this morning and violent outbreaks all throughout the middle east. you re looking at pictures of cairo, tahrir square, which we ve been following for the greater part of the last three weeks. today s march being called a friday of victory and continuation reflecting their pride in the change that was made. of course now, there are worries as they move ahead in egypt. and just one week since president mubarak stepped down. we re going to get you the very latest from cairo. we do begin with the protests t
it was the caught-on-camera moment that shocked viewers and led to nationwide concern for one california reporter. well, a very, very heavy heavy tonight. we had a very let s go now serene branson is speaking out about just what happened that night, and what doctors say may have caused it. she joins us in the studio this morning for her first live interview early this friday morning for her first live interview early this friday morning, february 18th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good morning, i m erica hill along with chris wragge. yes, we re watching protests this morning and violent outbreaks all throughout the middle east. you re looking at pictures of cairo, tahrir square, which we ve been following for the greater part of the last three weeks. today s march being called a friday of victory and continuation reflecting their pride in the change that was made. of course now, there are worries as they move ahead in egypt. and just one week since
before dawn this morning, violence broke out in the island kingdom of bahrain. thousands of protesters had camped out overnight in pearl square in central manama. but if they had hoped bahrainian security forces would leave them alone they were disappointed. 2:45 in the morning, local time, riot police approached the square from several directions. they began firing tear gas and buckshot and rubber bullets. witnesses said the tear gas was so thick, that many people were vomiting from its affects. abc reporting miguel marques in the crowd. he and his crew were attacked and had their familiar rattan away. journalists! journalists! he said no! he said no! he said no! ah! reporter: marquez managed to escape and refleked on what happened later. ahead of protests on friday. reporter: first light the square had been cleared and security forces unrolled razor wire to prevent the protesters from returning. some of the regimes are now facing opposition are likely to use extre
coloring could cause cancer. we ll tell you just how safe your soda really is early this thursday morning, february 17th, your soda really is early this thursday morning, february 17th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs welcome to the early show here on a thursday morning, i m chris wragge. and i m erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. we re going to begin this morning in the northeast, with exclusive photos and video obtained by cbs news. the pictures that you re seeing them here right now, they re believed to show hosni mubarak s departure from cairo last friday. that is, of course, the day he stepped down as president, finally conceding to the thousands of pro-democracy protesters. the images appear to show mubarak waving good-bye. before leaving by helicopter with his family for the resort city of sharm el sheikh in egypt. now that, of course, was just six days ago. the shockwaves, however, from that uprising continue to be felt and felt strongly across