United, Sharon Kerry-Harlan

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Sharon Kerry-Harlan, artist
United, 2012
Where object was made: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Material/technique: machine quilting; cotton fabric; cotton batting; discharge dyeing
Accession number: EL2017.057
Not on display
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And Still We Rise

1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded in New York by a group of prominent white intellectuals and several African American leaders, including W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization aims to combat the continued and horrific practice of lynching. The NAACP will serve as the country’s most influential African American civil rights organization, dedicated to political equality and social justice. Later, Ella Baker, Roy Wilkins, and Julian Bond will be among the organization’s most well-known leaders.

Exhibitions

And Still We Rise
2017