GIVING THEIR SUPPORT—From left: Edmund Effort, Elaine Effort, Alma Speed Fox and Claudette Lewis.
A spirit of pride and passion filled the atmosphere as the crowd of African American Episcopalians recently gathered at the DoubleTree Hotel in Monroeville to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of The Church Of The Holy Cross.
ELAINE EFFORT, mistress of ceremonies, KQV news commentator
The church, originally named St Cyprian’s Mission, got its fragmented start in 1875 with a group of Blacks, led by the efforts of Wilberforce University graduate Sadie B. Hamilton. Fueled by the social isolation of their children and what they considered to be a segregated religious setting of that era, worship began in Trinity Church parish house followed by a move to a building on Wylie Avenue in the Hill District.
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