Freedom Enterprise, xvi (Slade-Gragg Academy of Practical Arts)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02629
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xvi.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: colleges and institutes
Principal: Slade-Gragg Academy of Practical Arts
Mentions: Gragg, Rosa Slade
Location: 455 E Ferry Ave
Transcript: Slade-Gragg Academy of Practical Arts. Located at 455 East
Ferry Street, the academy was founded in 1947 by Rosa Slade
Gragg as a trade school for veterans. Originally from Georgia,
Gragg served as president of both the Detroit Association
of Women’s Clubs and the National Association of Colored
Women’s Clubs.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xvi (Slade-Gragg Academy of Practical Arts)

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