Freedom Enterprise, xiv (Great Lakes Mutual Insurance Company)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02617
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xiv.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: insurance
Principal: Great Lakes Mutual Insurance Company
Location: 82 E Hancock Ave; 301 E Warren Ave
Transcript: Great Lakes Mutual Insurance Company. Founded in 1928, this company was touted as the largest Black-owned business in Michigan. In the 1930s and 1940s it operated from 301 East Warren Avenue and later moved its headquarters to 82 East Hancock Avenue. The company also owned and operated an apartment house called Great Lakes Manor.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xiv (Great Lakes Mutual Insurance Company)

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