In this Book
- The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Alabama Fire Ant
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, in the form of the Freedom Quilting Bee, a handcraft cooperative of black women artisans who would become acclaimed throughout the nation.
Table of Contents
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- List of Plates/Maps
- p. viii
- The Freedom Quilting Bee
- 2. Quilt Auctions in New York City
- pp. 19-30
- 6. The Quilting Bee Goes Commercial
- pp. 68-90
- 7. A Factory Comes to the Cornfield
- pp. 91-104
- 8. Church Groups Aid the Quilting Bee
- pp. 105-113
- 10. Freedom Leads the Co-op Movement
- pp. 131-140
- The Women of the Freedom Quilting Bee
- pp. 141-144
- Minder Pettway Coleman
- pp. 145-151
- Aolar Carson Mosely
- pp. 152-159
- Mattie Clark Ross
- pp. 160-169
- Mary Boykin Robinson
- pp. 170-174
- China Grove Myles
- pp. 175-181
- Lucy Marie Mingo
- pp. 182-186
- Nettie Pettway Young
- pp. 187-195
- Polly Mooney Bennett
- pp. 196-206
- Mama Willie Abrams
- pp. 207-213
- Estelle Abrams Witherspoon
- pp. 214-242
- Image Plates
- pp. 256-263
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817388560
Related ISBN(s)
9780817303105, 9780817352479
MARC Record
OCLC
567964966
Pages
275
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005