The Freedom Quilting Bee : Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Callahan, Nancy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Alabama Press (Bibliovault), 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Freedom Quilting Bee (Organization : Ala.)
Freedom Quilting Bee (Organization : Ala.) > History.
Quilting.
Civil rights in art.
African American quiltmakers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Droits de l'homme dans l'art.
African American quiltmakers > Alabama > History.
Quilting > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Alabama.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (275 pages).
ISBN:9780817388560

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