Beginnings

The Dorsey family, c. 1906.
Thomas is front left.
Courtesy Oxford University Press
and Kathryn Dorsey and family.

Thomas A. Dorsey grew up in the South, home of the blues. He was born in Villa Rica, Georgia, on July 1, 1899, to Thomas Madison and Etta Plant Dorsey. Dorsey's father was a traveling preacher and his mother played the organ at church.

Dorsey Childhood Home.
Dorsey's childhood home.
Courtesy Kathryn Dorsey and family.

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