It is located in Warren, where it was once farmland. Detroit Memorial Park would not only become Michigan’s first Black cemetery, but it was also the state’s first Black corporation.

Meet Michele Samuels, the first Black woman to be named “Madame President” of the prestigious Detroit Golf Club.

From 1958-61, you could see Dan Groce take the mound for the Grand Rapids Black Sox as a pitcher with electric stuff. When ...