In 2022, Christine Valters Paintner wrote an article for U.S. Catholic entitled “Learn to Take Your Troubles to the Black Madonna.”This piece focuses on the history and importance of the Black Madonna ...

Black Madonna is a term used to describe images of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus depicted with dark skin. The Black ...

The 3-day event celebrating the Black Madonna painting is Friday through Sunday, when Rev. Wendell Anthony, head of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, delivers the Sunday sermon.

In 1967, the Shrine of Black Madonna commissioned him to paint a mural of a Black Madonna and child that transformed the way many members of the Shrine saw themselves.

Kandia Milton, chairman of the Black Slate, joined The Metro to share more about the organization and its endorsements.