Sit-in, Ed Johnetta Miller

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Ed Johnetta Miller, artist
Sit-in, 2012
Where object was made: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Material/technique: cotton fabric; photo transfer; machine piecing; machine quilting; cotton batting; photo transferal
Accession number: EL2017.071
Not on display
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And Still We Rise

1960: By 1960, the Civil Rights Movement gained strong momentum from the non-violent measures of Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights activists. The sit-in protests begin on February 1 when four African American students from A&T College sit down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Six months later, the “Greensboro Four” are served lunch at the same Woolworth’s counter. The event will trigger many similar nonviolent protests throughout the South.

Exhibitions

And Still We Rise
2017