Freedom Enterprise, xii (Bristol & Bristol Funeral Home)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02606
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xii.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: funeral services
Principal: Bristol & Bristol Funeral Home
Mentions: Bristol, Agnes (née Fairfax); Bristol, Vollington Arthur
Location: 1241 Joseph Campau Ave
Transcript: Bristol & Bristol Funeral Home. Located at 1241 Joseph Campau
Avenue, this funeral home was established by married couple
Agnes and Vollington Bristol. Mr. Bristol immigrated from
Grenada, British West Indies, and Mrs. Bristol (née Fairfax) was
born in Virginia. Both received their license for embalming in
1922. Mrs. Bristol was the first Black woman in Michigan to be a
licensed mortician.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xii (Bristol & Bristol Funeral Home)

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