At its peak, the Shrine — renamed in 1978 as the Shrine of the Black Madonna of the Pan-African Orthodox Christian Church — had eight churches in Michigan, five of them in Detroit.

Walker has been a part of the Shrine of the Black Madonna since 1990 and serves as an associate pastor, sharing the church’s teachings in Houston, Atlanta, and throughout South Carolina.

In 1967, the Shrine of Black Madonna commissioned him to paint a mural of a Black Madonna and child that transformed the way many members of the Shrine saw themselves.

The Black Madonna of Czestochowa We first begin our journey through the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the entry level at the Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

The Black Slate'd chair said the endorsement reflects the idea that areas like Seven Mile and Strathmore should get the same ...

Aaron Robertson, pictured here, says that “one of the ways that some of the people in Cleage’s church were able to start to imagine a different life for themselves was through this beautiful mural ...

Ferguson's own love for Black literature started with a gift from his aunt back in grade school: books from "The Shrine of the Black Madonna," a cultural center near her home in Atlanta, Georgia.

The tour then takes the tourists past the Atlanta University Center, the Black Madonna Shrine, and several historic Atlanta neighborhoods, including Castleberry Hill and Sweet Auburn.

In 1967, the Shrine of Black Madonna commissioned him to paint a mural of a Black Madonna and child that transformed the way many members of the Shrine saw themselves.