The Freedom Quilting Bee : Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement in Gee's Bend, Alabama
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0817352473
ISBN-13
9780817352479
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Imprint
The University of Alabama Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2005
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
20.80 x 22.90 x 1.90 cms
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In December of 1965, a white Episcopal priest driving through a poor, primarily black section of Wilcox County noticed a clothesline from which were hanging three quilts unlike any he had ever seen. An idea was born - the Freedom Quilting Bee, a handcraft cooperative of black women artisans who would become acclaimed throughout the nation.
In December of 1965, the year of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, a white Episcopal priest driving through a desperately poor, primarily black section of Wilcox County found himself at a great bend of the Alabama River. He noticed a cabin clothesline from which were hanging three magnificent quilts unlike any he had ever seen. They were of strong, bold colors in original, op-art patterns - same art style then fashionable in New York City and other cultural centers. An idea was born and within weeks took on life, in the form of the Freedom Quilting Bee a handcraft cooperative of black women artisans who would become acclaimed throughout the nation.
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