The committee of a trust fund started by the late KU alumna Shelley Miller donated $5,000 to the St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church, 900 New York Ave., for renovations.

Former slaves founded the church in 1862. It was built in 1905 in East Lawrence, and has been a landmark for Lawrence citizens, including some famous ones such as Langston Hughes. Shelley Miller graduated from the University of Kansas, and received a master of library science degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. “She lived near the church,” said Todd Miller, board member of the Shelley Miller Charitable Trust. “We thought it would be something near and dear to her heart.”

Miller died in 1994 at the age of 40.