Under the leadership of Mary W. McCier, president, The Abbeville-Greenwood Lay Organization (AGLO) of the African Methodist ...

Eventually, the Lafayette school trustees approved a public school at the African Methodist Episcopal Church. When the school first opened in September 1869, it was recorded that 49 students enrolled.

University AME Zion Church singers and musicians perform “Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)” by Casting Crowns in the Palo Alto church’s sanctuary on April 12, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier.