is one of the many people keeping the store's traditions thriving. Ms. RUKIYA CURVEY-JOHNSON (Shrine of the Black Madonna): The Shrine is deeply ingrained in the cultural landscape of Detroit and ...

Cancel anytime. Anne Cusick of Cincinnati visits one of the many grottos at the Black Madonna Shrine in 2000. She and her husband, both retired faculty members of Xavier University, were on a ...

The Shrine of the Black Madonna has been a staple of African American ... the site also hosts lectures and has a book store full of fiction and non-fiction on various facets of the Black experience.

The newly-selected sites were chosen by a 14-person Civil Rights advisory committee comprised of local historians familiar with Detroit’s Black history, as well as staff members from the State ...

Through the Shrine of the Black Madonna, they’ve created the grocery program with Race For Unity, in which food they’ve grown or purchased is provided for families. Since July 2020 ...

Led nationally by Reverend Albert B. Cleage Jr., the Shrine of the Black Madonna has long been known for its Pan-Africanism and civil rights work. The theology of our church is heavily influenced ...

Standing in the pews at the Shrine of the Black of Madonna church on Detroit's west side, Diana Nilaja Stewart gazes at a painting that stretches high in the chancel — a black Jesus and black ...