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Albert Cleage. Albert B. Cleage Jr. (June 1911 – February 20, 2000) was a Black nationalist Christian minister, [1] political candidate, newspaper publisher, political organizer, and author. He founded the prominent Shrine of the Black Madonna Church, as well as the Shrine Cultural Centers and Bookstores in Detroit, Michigan, and Atlanta ...
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and ...
The Shrine of the Black Madonna of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church, or more simply the Shrine of the Black Madonna, is a church building located at 7625 Linwood Street in Detroit, Michigan. It is significant for its association with civil rights leader Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr., and as the location of many significant 20th century ...
June 03, 1976. Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit (Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit) was founded July 26, 1701 by French colonists in New France, [2] and is the second-oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the United States. [3][4][5] The current Gothic Revival cathedral-styled church, built in 1886, is located at 1000 St. Anne Street ...
Website. detroitmi.gov. Detroit (/ dɪˈtrɔɪt /, dih-TROYT; locally also / ˈdiːtrɔɪt /, DEE-troyt) [ 8 ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [ 9 ] making it the 26th-most ...
1868 - Detroit College of Medicine founded. 1870 - Population: 79,577. [12] 1871 - Detroit City Hall built. [3] 1872 - Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument unveiled. [3] 1877 - Detroit College (now the University of Detroit Mercy and U of D Jesuit HS) is founded by the Society of Jesus. [3] 1879 - Belle Isle becomes part of city. [3]
82002912. Added to NRHP. August 3, 1982. [ 1] Temple Beth El is a Reform synagogue located at in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, in the United States. Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit, and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan. Temple Beth El was a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism ...
71000428 [ 1 ] Added to NRHP. March 11, 1971. Mariners' Church of Detroit is a church with worship services adhering to Anglican liturgical traditions located at 170 East Jefferson Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was founded in 1842 as a special mission to the maritime travelers of the Great Lakes and functioned as a parish of the ...