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Quilts and Civil Rights

Quilts and Civil Rights

FromRunning Stitch - A QSOS Podcast


Quilts and Civil Rights

FromRunning Stitch - A QSOS Podcast

ratings:
Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jul 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

During the week after the killing of George Floyd, Running Stitch host Janneken Smucker spoke with Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi about quilts, race, and the long struggle for civil rights. Dr. Mazloomi founded the Women of Color Quilters Network and has curated many landmark exhibits centered on race and civil rights, including “Journey of Hope: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama.” This episode features excerpts from several oral history interviews conducted for the Quilts for Obama QSOS sub-project.
Released:
Jul 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (24)

Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast explores quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing on Quilters S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, the long running oral history project created by the Quilt Alliance in 1999.