Lark’s Flight chronicles the life of Carolyne Lark Swayze, who was raised in her formative years by her maternal grandparents, James and Rowena Lark. From the plantations of the Lowcountry in Georgia and South Carolina, the Larks went on to devote nearly forty years of service to the Mennonite Church. Although James became the church’s first Black bishop, the denomination’s alignment with Jim Crow laws exposed the limits of its professed racial equality. Under the authority of the Mennonite Church, church planters served urban Black communities across the United States and Canada, beginning in Chicago. But at what cost? Confronting what she sees as the hidden pain of a family unprepared for much of what lay ahead, Swayze faces that dilemma directly and invites readers on her journey of self-discovery—a journey that ultimately leads her back to where it all began: home.
Lark’s Flight: A Journey Home: Lark Swayze, Carolyne: 9798389909564: Amazon.com: Books
