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Dinah Miller and the women of Gee’s Bend

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Sep 20, 2024
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Avis Collins Robinson, Mensie Lee Pettway and Andrea Pettway Williams titled this quilt “Sharecropper’s Masterpiece” (image via The National Museum of African American History & Culture)

Rainbow-colored diamonds on a turquoise background. Zigzags of plaid flannel, repurposed from old work shirts. Hot pink pinwheels swirling about a “Texas Star” design.

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