Stitched by 1,000 artists, this Washington, D.C. quilt monument stands up for trans rights ahead of a pivotal court battle. The American Civil Liberties Union's Freedom to Be Monument of quilts ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will kick off World Pride in Washington, D.C., next month with a powerful statement elevating trans joy and resilience in the face of the current ...

Freedom Quilts, created in a honeycomb pattern with tiles of famous African Americans, including Vice President Kamala Harris, at The Sherman School in Sherman, Conn. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connie Martin always knew who her ancestors were growing up. “There was a big picture of (her great-grandmother) in grandma Lizzie ...

Stroud's (Down Home at Miss Dessa's) affecting story of Hannah, a slave on a Georgia plantation, is inspired by the actual use of quilts as a means of communication on the Underground Railroad. Hannah ...

The exhibition “Quilts of Gee’s Bend,” which appeared at the High Museum of Art in 2006, featured 60 colorful, geometrically designed quilts hand-stitched by the direct descendants of slaves living in ...

As he put together an exhibit of ceramic sculptures, quilts and paintings for Black History Month, art student Sean Beard of Cal State Northridge drew on his roots. “Mother Weep No More” at the campus ...

The Underground Railroad was a clandestine system for slaves in America to find passage to freedom. There were trails to follow and people who could provide them with food and safe haven until they ...

Fact, fiction, folklore, or a bit of all three: Did runaway slaves seek clues in the patterns of handmade quilts, strategically placed by members of the Underground Railroad? This ongoing debate ...

From plantations and farms in Kentucky and Tennessee, Mollie Barnes had a story to tell and a message to convey. Her story started in the late 1850s, when she was enslaved, and continued when she was ...

Some quilters prefer traditional patterns; others lean toward art quilts. A fair number of us enjoy making both types. Those who are comfortable with commercial fabrics and patterns may have a ...