Booker T. Washington Grocery and Meat Market

Identifier: DBB-BUS-01031
Name: Booker T. Washington Grocery and Meat Market
Type: Business
Activity: groceries
Description: Booker T. Washington Grocery was established by Bertha and Berry Gordy Sr. The Gordys migrated to Detroit in 1921 from Sandersville, Georgia, and would become involved with the Booker T. Washington Trade Association and the Detroit Housewives League. The Gordys were the parents of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr.
Location: 5044 St Antoine St; 592 Farnsworth Ave
Affiliates: Gordy, Berry Sr. (Pop)
Role: Owner and/or Operator (co-owner with wife Bertha Gordy)

Gordy, Bertha Ida (née Fuller)
Role: Owner and/or Operator (co-owner with husband Berry Gordy Sr.)
Book Pages: This business or an affiliated person appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): xii.
Documentation: Freedom Enterprise, xii (Booker T. Washington Grocery); 1935 BTWTA Directory, 15, 34 (Booker T. Washington Grocery and Meat Market); 1939-06-24 Michigan Chronicle, 2 (Booker T. Washington Quality Groceries and Meats); 1939-12-23 Michigan Chronicle, 2 (Booker T. Washington Quality Groceries and Meats)
Title: Booker T. Washington Grocery and Meat Market

Detroit Black Business