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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sacred Heart, built in 1875, was the third German Roman Catholic church constructed in Detroit. [3] The parish was founded to serve the German members of the Detroit community, not only with the church itself, but also with its primary and secondary schools. [3] The church continued as a primarily German parish until after World War I, when ...
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]
St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 715 East Canfield Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 [1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1985. [2] Since 2013, it has been one of two churches that comprise Mother of Divine Mercy Parish.
Added to NRHP. May 6, 1982. St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, formally the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in the third oldest Roman Catholic parish in Detroit, Michigan. [1] Designed by German-born Peter Dederichs and built for the formerly ethnic German parish of the 19th century, it is located at 646 Monroe ...