The Freedom Quilting Bee
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 …
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- Full title :The Freedom Quilting Bee / Nancy Callahan.
Summary
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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- Publication Date:©1987.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Alabama Press
- Place of Publication:Tuscaloosa, Ala
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1987.
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Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color), maps ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0817303103, 9780817303105, 0817352473, 9780817352479
- oclc:ocm13332179
- LC Classification:NK9112
- Dewey Decimal:976.0/3800496073
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