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The ‘father of ice cream’ was a black Philadelphian who served in the White House. Or was he? | Maria Panaritis

Augustus Jackson was either a nobody, or an entrepreneurial genius who got the historical shaft.

The children's song book "The Hero in You" based on songs by Ellis Paul, celebrates a mystery of a man, the supposed 'father of ice cream," early 19th-century African-American Augustus Jackson of Philadelphia.
The children's song book "The Hero in You" based on songs by Ellis Paul, celebrates a mystery of a man, the supposed 'father of ice cream," early 19th-century African-American Augustus Jackson of Philadelphia.Read moreANTHONY PEZZOTTI / Staff Photographer