Harriet Powers lived in Georgia in the 1800s and is considered to be at the forefront of the African American story quilt tradition. Only two of her quilts survived — and they were recently exhibited ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Harriet Powers, an African American farm woman of Clarke County, Georgia, made this quilt in about 1886. She exhibited ...

Harriet Powers died more than a century ago, but this Athens woman who was a former slave is remembered today as one of the most important figures in the culture of quilt making. A quilt that Powers ...

ATHENS —Years ago, quilting friends Sandy Benjamin-Hannibal and Peggy Hartwell came to Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery on Fourth Street, looking for the grave of Harriet Powers, an African American quilter ...

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WESTPORT — A quilt fashioned by Harriet Powers made its way from the Westport Historical Society to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1964. And now it’s part of the MFA’s exhibit Fabric of a Nation ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Over 50 people gathered under a bright blue tent at Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery to ...