View of tablet dedicated to William Henry Peck, located on the outside wall of Peck Recreation Center at Brush and Kirby. William Henry Peck, D.D., 1878-1944. Minister, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892-1944. Pastor, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Detroit, 1928-1944. Vice-President, Detroit Council of Churches. Compiler, combined hymnal A.M.E. & A.M.E. Zion Churches. Director, Detroit Chapter American Red Cross. Member, Michigan State Crime Commission, 1941-1943. Founder & President, Booker T. Washington Trade Assn., 1930-1939. A humanitarian who believed in mankind because he believed in God. With hands always stretched to inspire, to help, to lift, to save. His life and works were a benediction that moved others to find the secret of victorious living."
