The Freedom Quilting Bee

The Freedom Quilting Bee
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9780817352479
ISBN-13 : 0817352473
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Book Synopsis The Freedom Quilting Bee by : Nancy Callahan

Download or read book The Freedom Quilting Bee written by Nancy Callahan and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2005-04-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original book on the renowned Freedom quilters of Gee's Bend 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—the 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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