Historic church members remain optimistic in face of foreclosure
It is a church deeply rooted in history and the civil rights movement in St. Augustine. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rallied marchers at St. Mary’s in the 1960s.
Almane Lowndes, now nearly 100 years old, can still remember that day.
“Words can’t express how I felt seeing Dr. King here with us,” Lowndes said.
“It is very important that they leave this as a memento of who we are and where we come from,” says Minister Raymond Dunlap.
As Lowndes’ generation passes the torch to the next leaders, she says the youth need to remember the message Dr. King preached years ago on the church steps and across the country.
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Martin Luther King Jr.,
Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
I thank and honor Rev. King for his heroic actions in pursuit of justice for all men and women.