She means that literally. She no longer uses an oxygen tank.
Her sister Deborah Aaron has been going to the church for nearly 18 years. She’s involved in the church’s garden and works with children.
“I was searching for something in-depth,” she said of joining the church.
Deborah Aaron arrives for a worship service on Sunday at St. Mark AME Church in Duluth. (Erica Dischino)
St. Mark AME Church in Duluth is celebrating the building’s 125th anniversary. (Erica Dischino)
At the time that Taylor made his first $100 payment, the Appeal noted that he was working to raise the next $400 installment, which would be due in 60 days. In bits and pieces, the congregation raised the money to slowly build up the space.
About 300 of its members celebrated laying the cornerstone in May 1913, an event described as coming after more than 20 years of struggle. Several of those present donated $42 to the church, according to the May 26, 1913 edition of the Duluth News Tribune.
Often cited as one of its pinnacle moments, Du Bois, a writer, scholar and advocate, spoke at the church on March 21, 1921. It was less than a year after three Black circus workers, accused of raping a white woman, were pulled from a downtown jail and lynched in front of a reported 10,000 people. Elmer Jackson, Isaac McGhie and Elias Clayton are memorialized near the place where it happened.
