Photos Dedication of center altar at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, procession led by Verna Dozier & Bruce Sladen. Credit: St. Mark’s Archives, used with permission Verna Dozier and her parents, Lonna and Lucie Dozier. Credit: the African American Episcopal Historical Collection, a joint project of Virginia Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church curated at Bishop Payne Library Verna Dozier leading a workshop in Hawaii. Credit: the African American Episcopal Historical Collection, a joint project of Virginia Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church curated at Bishop Payne Library Verna Dozier with Mary Welker (left) and Vera Pierce (middle) at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Credit: the African American Episcopal Historical Collection, a joint project of Virginia Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church curated at Bishop Payne Library Verna Dozier gives the commencement address at Virginia Theological Seminary May 20, 1987. Credit: the African American Episcopal Historical Collection, a joint project of Virginia Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church curated at Bishop Payne Library Verna Dozier holds Richard Craig at his baptism. Donald Craig on left, Tom Strange on right. Credit: Michelle Strange, used with permission. Verna Dozier with Richard Craig (middle) at his high school graduation. Tom Strange is on the left side. Credit: Michelle Strange, used with permission Verna Dozier reads a lesson at the installation of the Rt. Rev. Edmond Browning as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Washington National Cathedral, January 11, 1986. Credit: the African American Episcopal Historical Collection, a joint project of Virginia Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church curated at Bishop Payne Library Rev. Stephanie Spellers reads from The Dream of God by Verna Dozier at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of Dozier’s birth at St. Mark’s Capitol Hill in 2017. Credit: David Deutsch, used with permission. Rt. Rev. Carl Walter Wright blesses Tracy Councill’s painting of Verna Dozier at the 100th anniversary celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Credit: David Deutsch, used with permission. Verna Dozier at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Credit: the African American Episcopal Historical Collection, a joint project of Virginia Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church curated at Bishop Payne Library