About the author
Shirley Harris-Slaughter is a Michigan native. She was baptized into the Catholic faith with her family as a child. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Cleary University in Howell, Michigan. She is married to Langston and lives in Oak Park.
Shirley’s thesis in college, The Implementation of the Most Comprehensive Approach to Restoring the Michigan Central Depot, was about saving a dilapidated historic train station in downtown Detroit. She revitalized the Friends of the Michigan Central Depot and brought attention to this neglected piece of history. She is a community activist and a preservationist. Her love of history has propelled her to write about her historic black church, Our Lady of Victory, and correct its omission out of the pages of history.
Book Title: Our Lady of Victory – The Saga of an African-American Catholic Community
Affiliations:
KPC Ladies Auxiliary, Presentation/Our Lady of Victory Court #189
Sierra Club
National Writers Union
Motown Writers Network
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Favorite Links:
The Knights of St. Peter Claver: http://www.kpcla.info/main/index.html
Franciscan Connection: www.franciscan-alumni.org