Freedom Enterprise, xiii (Detroit Institute of Commerce)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02611
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xiii.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: colleges and institutes
Principal: Detroit Institute of Commerce
Mentions: Grooms, R. Louise (R. Louise Henderson)
Location: 1308 Broadway St
Transcript: Detroit Institute of Commerce. Founded by R. Louise Grooms
in 1941 and located at 1308 Broadway Street, the institute offered
courses in stenography, executive and finishing secretarial, junior
accounting, and business administration. Besides operating the
institute, Grooms worked as the chief accountant and office manager
of Great Lakes Mutual Insurance Company. She was also
one of the founders of Detroit’s Victory Loan and Investment
Company, serving as a director and secretary for twenty-five
years.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xiii (Detroit Institute of Commerce)

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