Tag: mary mcleod bethune ella baker

• Artist a Day Challenge (22): Faith Ringgold

  

  While today’s post is a short one, the power in this piece makes up for my brevity. The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles is an homage to strong black women, solidarity and the power of community. The 8 women surrounding a communal quilt of sunflowers are CJ Walker, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hammer, Harriet Tubman, Rosa…

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  February 23, 2017

  Art, Art/Culture, black history, Uncategorized

  cj walker, Faith Ringgold, fannie lou hammer, harriet tubman, ida b wells, mary mcleod bethune ella baker, painting, quilts, rosa parks, Sojourner Truth, sunflowers, van gogh