Originally Posted by redmadder

I agree about the Gees Bend quilts. This is a community of people who can trace their history back and along with it their quilts. Black history isn't just about leaders and extraordinary achievement. It is more about how people survived such adversity. Like women's history, it is everyday people who's stories are real.

Originally Posted by Holice

Please read the comments from last week's post on this subject. However, I doubt you can dissuade the teacher from doing the project but at least give her the info.