Tag Archives: Alabama

Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilter

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Lynn

I imagine most textile lovers like myself know about the Gee’s Bend quilters, a remarkable group of Black women who developed their own strikingly modern quilting style in an isolated community in Alabama.  They became so famous that their work … Continue reading →

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The Birmingham Project of Dawoud Bey

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Lynn

The Whitney Museum in New York City is currently showing the work of Dawoud Bey, an African American photographer with an inclusive eye.  One of his most inventive works is the Birmingham Project of 2012, commemorating 50 years since the … Continue reading →

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Window Shopping in Mobile, Alabama, 1956

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Lynn

If the Facebook page “Mid Century in Color” is any indication, most amateur photographers using color film in the US in the mid twentieth century were white—and they created an image of an all-white America.  Luckily, professional photographers of color … Continue reading →

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Avon Calling, 1940

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Lynn

As someone who started historical research with a card catalog and a pencil, I am continually amazed at how much is available on line. Although it is surely not complete, a good bit of the Avon Company archive is available … Continue reading →

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Rosa Parks–A Lady and a Rebel

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Lynn

The common school book story of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) is incorrect. She was not an unassuming, weary seamstress who one day got mad and refused to move to the back of the bus. Instead, she was a longtime activist in … Continue reading →

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