Diggs, Charles C. Sr.

Identifier: DBB-PER-00711
Given Name: Charles C. Sr.
Family Name: Diggs
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1894
Death Year: 1967
Description: Charles C. Diggs Sr. was the owner of Diggs Funeral Home, working with his wife Mamie C. Diggs. Additionally, he had a flower shop attached to the funeral home. He served as a State Senator in the Michigan Senate from 1937 to 1944. His son Charles C. Diggs Jr. was also a politician and became the first African American representative elected to the U.S. Congress from Michigan.
Migration Origin: Mississippi
Related Person: Diggs, Mamie C.
Affiliation: This person was affiliated with the following organization(s):

Charles C. Diggs (Florist)
Role: Owner and/or Operator

Diggs Funeral Home
Role: Owner and/or Operator

Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Role: Board Member (chaired Board of Trustees, managed UNIA property)

YMCA - St. Antoine Branch
Role: Other Leadership Role (building committee member 1925)

Detroit Negro Business League
Role: Officer (Vice-President)
Book Pages: This person, their family, or their business appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): xiii, 58, 72, 97, 106, 110, 117, 122, 123, 133, 239, 240, 241, 250.
Documentation: Freedom Enterprise, xiii (Diggs Funeral Home/House of Diggs); 1924 Colored Detroit, 29 (Diggs, Charles C.); 1925-04-04 Chicago Defender, 1 (St. Antoine St. branch of the Metropolitan Y.M.C.A.); 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 26 (Diggs, Charles C.); 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 15 (Diggs, Charles C.); 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 1-4 (Detroit Negro Business League); 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, back cover (Detroit Negro Business League Membership List); 1935 BTWTA Directory, 14, 30 (Diggs, Chas. C.); 1939-06-24 Michigan Chronicle, 3 (Diggs Funeral Directors); 1941-06-28 Michigan Chronicle, 2 (Diggs Funeral Home); 1943-12-25 Michigan Chronicle, 7 (Senator Diggs Funeral Director)
Title: Diggs, Charles C. Sr.

Detroit Black Business