Michigan’s first Black-owned cemetery and oldest African American corporation is celebrating 100 years of service to the community.
In 1925, a group of African American funeral directors convened to create a cemetery free of racial discrimination. Detroit Memorial Park in Warren is still recognized as a historical and cultural landmark in 2025.
“This is an inspiring story of a group of men coming together to solve a challenge of people not having access,” said Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II…