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  • Freedom Quilt

    Created by
    Telfair, Jessie Bell Williams, American, 1913 - 1986
    Date
    ca. 1975
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 73 × 87 in. (185.4 × 221 cm)
    Caption
    Quilter Jessie Telfair was inspired to make this quilt in the mid-1970’s as an expression and memorialization of her experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. In the 1960s, Telfair was encouraged by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s efforts to register African American voters in Southwest Georgia. Telfair decided to register to vote. When her employers learned of her actions, they fired her from her job as a cafeteria worker at an elementary school in her small community of Parrott, Georgia. The quilt is an affirmation of her personal freedom as well as a statement about the freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens. Telfair later made two more quilts of nearly identical design, one is in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York and the other is at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
    Description
    A pieced and appliqued cotton quilt designed and quilted by Jessie Telfair. The quilt consists of bold blue block letters on red squares, arranged to spell the word [FREEDOM] along a horizontal axis, repeated in six rows. Smaller white square blocks separate the red squares. The backing is white.
    Place made
    Parrott, Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Type
    quilts
    Topic
    American South
    Art
    Civil rights
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Freedom
    Resistance
    Rural life
    Suffrage
    Textile design
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Virginia Dwan
    Object number
    2017.40
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54b3f9bd5-b5c9-47fe-8a65-a6b729cf42cd
  • Johnnie Ruth McCullar Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    McCullar, Johnnie Ruth, American, born 1940
    Interviewed by
    Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
    Date
    March 9, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:02:17
    Description
    The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.65.1a and 2011.174.65.1b.
    Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was a secretary of the Terrell County Movement and she also participated in sit-ins and helped to register voters. McCullar reflects on the legacy of the movement, noting the changes in social and political life that she has witnessed during her life, but also recognizing present-day challenges.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0065
    Place collected
    Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Sasser, Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Civil rights
    Education
    Segregation
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.65.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559578d90-6fa1-4833-a1c8-b15ebdfa25e6
  • Clifford Browner Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Browner, Clifford, American
    Interviewed by
    Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
    Subject of
    Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American
    Mt. Olive Baptist Church, American
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
    Date
    March 9, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:05:31
    Description
    The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.61.1a and 2011.174.61.1b.
    Clifford Browner discusses his childhood in Sasser, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Southwest Georgia Movement for civil rights in the early 1960s. He describes mass meetings at Mount Olive Baptist Church, protesting racial segregation at his high school, and participating in the March on Washington. He concludes the interview by evaluating the changes he has seen in southwest Georgia over his lifetime.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0061
    Place collected
    Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Sasser, Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Civil rights
    Segregation
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.61.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a96ef9c5-c19b-4940-a8a5-b513350bfd04
  • Lucius Holloway, Sr. and Emma Kate Holloway Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Holloway, Lucius Sr., American, born 1932
    Holloway, Emma Kate, American
    Interviewed by
    Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
    Date
    March 9, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 00:30:35
    Description
    The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.17462.1a and 2011.174.62.1b.
    In this short interview, Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway describe their experiences in Terrell County, Georgia. They discuss their childhood memories of Southwest Georgia, and how they came to meet and marry. The remainder of the interview focuses on their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, the harassment they faced from white supremacists, and their role in registering black voters.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0062
    Place collected
    Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Civil rights
    Families
    Race discrimination
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    White supremacy movements
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.62.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bb88d172-556d-45bc-b8c9-f62119fb0317
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