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Block Exhibit inspires Black Lives Matter Quilt

Evanston artist Melissa Blount was long drawn to the work of Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers, African-American women who, dating back to the early 20th century, have been making quilt masterpieces in a small, remote black community in Alabama, where most residents are descendants of slaves. With the Gee’s Bend quilters in mind, Blount decided to join an […]

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