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Portland Observer
Thursday. May 27. 127«
Mrs. Richard Boyle and Mrs. Lylla
T Philips lleft I. Mrs. L y la T. Philips,
Mrs. Only Gates and Mrs. Sarah
Mayfield lleft below).
Mrs. Perry Whitlow. Mrs. Isaac
Payne, and Mrs. E.M . Rollins Irig h t!,
M rs. E .M . Rollins, M rs . M ild re d
Love, and Mrs. W alter Reynolds
Iright below | ¡Photos: l>an lo n g l
Quilt shows contributions of Blacks
by M.E. Reynolds
The Afro-American Bicentennial Quilt
Club, a group of fourteen women and one
university student, are busy sewing the
final quilting stitches in their prized quilt.
Why did this group decide to make a
Black History Quilt? It all started with a
_ news article about The Oregon Quilt.
Mrs. Oaly J. Gates saw the article,
started calling some of her friends and
became the organizer for this inspira
tional and historical project. Each block
tells of a famous Black person in the
: United States, or of an important event
or law that has changed the history of
Blacks. It is hoped the thirty blocks of
this quilt will encourage other groups to
make supplem entary quilts depicting
Black History. This quilt club has been
planning and sewing about two years and
plans to present their quilt for public
inspection beginning July 1, 1976 at 3:30
p.m.
On that day a ribbon cutting ceremony
is planned at the Oregon Historical
Society in its Liberty Corners section. On
Saturday, July 10,1976 a public reception
will be held to present the quilt and open
an exhibit of historical items of North
west Black History lOregon). The hours
will be from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. It is noted
that this quilt and historical exhibit will
be available for inspection each week day
through September 30,1976. Parents are
urged to bring their children to see the
quilt and exhibit.
A brochure is planned that will give a
few details about each block and the
name of the creator of each block. A few
of the blocks included are: two blocks
about Frederick Douglass, the Great
Emancipator and of his home preserved
in Washington, D.C.; James Weldon
Johnson who wrote “Lift Every Voice
and Sing,"; Booker T. Washington, who
founded Tuskegee Institute; Marian An
derson, the great contralto; Alonzo Pie
tro, the pilot of the Nina and York, the
Black servant of Clark of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition.
The absent members who are not
shown in the photo include: Mrs. Robert
Canada. Mrs. Phillip Owens, Mrs. Re
becca Miller (creator of five blocks), Mrs.
William McCoy. Mrs. Webster Brown and
Miss Sylvia Gates of Stanford University.
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