by Barrett Seaman – At first blush, the transfer of ownership of Irvington’s Villa Lewaro last year from Ambassador Harold Doley and his wife Helena to a foundation run by cosmetics entrepreneur Richelieu Dennis appeared to be a linear event between prominent African-Americans. But a few scraps of memorabilia unearthed in the mundane process of cleaning house after the sale have revealed fascinated threads of interconnectivity between the Doleys, the Dennises, the Village of Irvington—and the Reverend Martin Luther King […]
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