Freedom Enterprise, xiii (Diggs Funeral Home/House of Diggs)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02613
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: funeral services
Principal: Diggs Funeral Home
Mentions: Diggs, Charles C. Sr.; Diggs, Mamie C.
Location: 689 Rowena Ave (Mack Ave)
Transcript: Diggs Funeral Home/House of Diggs. Established in 1921 by
Charles C. Diggs Sr., a prominent businessman (and later politician),
and his wife, Mamie Diggs. The Diggs family migrated to
Detroit from Mississippi and built the House of Diggs into the
largest funeral business in Michigan and one of the most prominent
in the nation. The business was displaced from its 689 Mack
Avenue location for the Medical Center renewal project.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xiii (Diggs Funeral Home/House of Diggs)

Detroit Black Business